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Here's what the Center for Responsive Politics has on Enron's political donations for election years 2000 and 2002:

Oil & Gas: Top Contributors

Election cycle 2000:

# 1 Enron Corp $2,377,698 - 28% to Democrats 72% to Republicans.

Hey, congrats -- they came in first!

Election cycle 2002:

# 5 Enron Corp $514,225 - 29% to Democrats 71% to Republicans

Only #5. Well, going out of business must have hurt their lobbying efforts a bit.

But these numbers tell only the beginning of the story. Obviously, Enron's political donations and connections aren't news. But getting past the rhetoric of the news media and into the numbers themselves reveals a lot. Once again the Center for Responsive Politics has crunched the numbers:

Enron's Contributions to George W. Bush, 1993-2001

To Bush's 1994 and 1998 Texas Gubernatorial Campaigns $312,500

To Bush's Presidential Campaign, 1999-2000 $113,800

To Bush-Cheney 2000 Recount Fund $10,500

To Bush-Cheney 2001 Inaugural Fund $300,000

Total $736,800

And there's also this:

Enron Contributions to the Bush-Cheney 2001 Inaugural Fund:

Enron Corp Houston TX Enron Corp $100,000

Jeffrey Skilling Houston TX Enron Corp $100,000

Kenneth & Linda Lay Houston TX Enron Corp $100,000

But as we've heard, Enron also gave to Democrats. They gave Al Gore $13,750.

Whoa Nellie! Don't spend it all in once place!