Cash Flow: Congress Changes Hands — or Does It?

Sure, the Democrats have taken control of the Capitol. But corporate donors tend to be colorblind when it comes to giving away campaign cash. With big businesses backing both sides of the aisle, is the 110th really all that different from the 109th?

Line chart showing top campaign funding sources for outgoing and incoming House and Senate committee chairs

SOURCE: Washington Post analysis of data from the Center for Responsive Politics | GRAPHIC: Reporting by Karen Yourish; Graphic by Laura Stanton, The Washington Post - January 7, 2007

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Cash Flow: Congress Changes Hands — or Does It?

Sure, the Democrats have taken control of the Capitol. But corporate donors tend to be colorblind when it comes to giving away campaign cash. With big businesses backing both sides of the aisle, is the 110th really all that different from the 109th?