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Thursday, January 8, 2009 5:09 PM

To whom might new members of Congress be most beholden as they settle into their new digs on Capitol Hill? Well, one way to try to figure that out is by looking at which industries gave campaign donations to incoming lawmakers. Take a look at the Center for Responsive Politics' analysis of campaign money.

For example, Sen. Kay Hagan, D-N.C., who defeated incumbent North Carolina Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole, got most of her money from Democratic and liberal interest groups, lawyers and retirees; while Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Ill., now the youngest member of Congress, got most of his money from retirees and health professionals.


                                                                                                                  --Bara Vaida

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