A Center for American Progress Action Fund analysis finds that the 48 senators who sided with Big Oil received over $21 million in career oil contributions, while 52 senators who sided with the American people received only $5.4 million in contributions. Each senator who voted for Big Oil received on average more than four times as much oil cash as those who voted to end the subsidies.
It's not much of a shocker, but it's worth recalling while watching your paycheck dwindle and your taxes funneled to subsidies for Big Oil crime bosses. The above numbers are exactly why it happens.