AT&T Bucks Top Upton, Dingell Contributions

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[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton ]
With network neutrality, telco video, and a rewrite of the Communications Act on Washington's agenda, it should probably come as no surprise that AT&T shows up as the top contributor to the 2006 campaigns of a couple of top house Telecommunications Subcommittee members, with other communications companies well-represented. According to the Center for Public Integrity, AT&T's PAC contributions combined with those of individual executives or employees and family members, top the list of contributors to House Telecommunications Subcommittee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) at $12,000. But telcos are not the only interested parties. Comcast is at #3 with $10,000, tied with the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, followed by the National Association of Broadcasters at $9,250.
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