Auto Manufacturers: Money to Congress

Auto Manufacturers: Long-Term Contribution Trends

*These figures do not include donations of "Levin" funds to state and local party committees. Levin funds were created by the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002.

METHODOLOGY: The numbers on this page are based on contributions of $200 or more from PACs and individuals to federal candidates and from PAC, soft money and individual donors to political parties, as reported to the Federal Election Commission. While election cycles are shown in charts as 1996, 1998, 2000 etc. they actually represent two-year periods. For example, the 2002 election cycle runs from January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2002.

Data for the current election cycle were released by the Federal Election Commission on Monday, November 17, 2008.

NOTE: Soft money contributions to the national parties were not publicly disclosed until the 1991-92 election cycle, and were banned by the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act following the 2002 elections.

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Source- http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?ind=T2100

Auto Manufacturers: Money to Congress

The numbers on this page are based on contributions from PACs and individuals giving $200 or more. All donations took place during the 2007-2008 election cycle and were released by the Federal Election Commission on Monday, November 17, 2008.

Source- http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=2008&ind=T2100

Auto Manufacturers: Top Contributors to Federal Candidates and Parties

METHODOLOGY: The numbers on this page are based on contributions from PACs, soft money donors, and individuals giving $200 or more. (Only those groups giving $5,000 or more are listed here. Soft money applies only to cycles 1992-2002.) In many cases, the organizations themselves did not donate; rather the money came from the organization's PAC, its individual members or employees or owners, and those individuals' immediate families. Organization totals include subsidiaries and affiliates. All donations took place during the 2007-2008 election cycle and were released by the Federal Election Commission on Monday, November 17, 2008.

Source- http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.php?cycle=2008&ind=T2100

Auto Manufacturers: Top Recipients

METHODOLOGY: The numbers on this page are based on contributions from PACs and individuals giving $200 or more. All donations took place during the 2007-2008 election cycle and were released by the Federal Election Commission on Monday, November 17, 2008.

Source- http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/recips.php?cycle=2008&ind=T2100

Auto Manufacturers: Top PAC Recipients

METHODOLOGY: The numbers on this page are based solely on contributions from PACs, and do not include donations from individuals. All donations took place during the 2007-2008 election cycle and were released by the Federal Election Commission on Monday, November 17, 2008.

Source- http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/pacrecips.php?cycle=2008&ind=T2100