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Thanks to Ilan, the founder of SCALE, I was notified of this list of 50 congresspeople who take money from the RIAA. Here’s the breakdown (from Consumerist.com):

Congressperson Receiving Contributions From The RIAA				Amount
Dist 19-FL	WEXLER, ROBERT	DEM		$9,000
Dist 21-TX	SMITH, LAMAR	REP		$7,500
Senate-UT	HATCH, ORRIN G	REP		$6,000
Senate-PA	SPECTER, ARLEN	REP		$5,000
Senate-AK	STEVENS, THEODORE F	REP		$5,000
Senate-NE	NELSON, E BENJAMIN	DEM		$5,000
Senate-CA	FEINSTEIN, DIANNE	DEM		$4,000
Dist 45-CA	BONO, MARY	REP		$4,000
Senate-FL	NELSON, BILL	DEM		$4,500
Dist 08-FL	KELLER, RICHARD A	REP		$4,054
Dist 07-NJ	FERGUSON, MIKE	REP		$4,000
Dist 28-CA	BERMAN, HOWARD L	DEM		$3,500
Dist 29-CA	SCHIFF, ADAM	DEM		$3,000
Dist 30-CA	WAXMAN, HENRY A.	DEM		$3,000
Dist 07-MO	BLUNT, ROY	REP		$3,100
Dist 06-TN	GORDON, BARTON JENNINGS	DEM		$3,000
Dist 06-VA	GOODLATTE, ROBERT W.	REP		$3,500
Senate-IL	OBAMA, BARACK	DEM		$2,000
Dist 14-IL	HASTERT, DENNIS J.	REP		$2,000
Dist 07-MA	MARKEY, EDWARD J MR.	DEM		$2,000
Dist 05-MD	HOYER, STENY HAMILTON	DEM		$2,000
Dist 14-MI	CONYERS, JOHN JR.	DEM		$2,000
Dist 03-MS	PICKERING, CHARLES W	REP		$2,000
Senate-NY	CLINTON, HILLARY RODHAM	DEM		$2,000
Senate-TN	CORKER, ROBERT P JR	REP		$2,000
Dist 07-TN	BLACKBURN, MARSHA	REP		$2,000
Dist 06-TX	BARTON, JOE LINUS	REP		$2,000
Senate-AL	SHELBY, RICHARD C	REP		$1,000
Senate- AR	PRYOR, MARK LUNSFORD	DEM		$1,000
Dist 10- CA	TAUSCHER, ELLEN O	DEM		$1,000
Dist 22- CA	MCCARTHY, KEVIN	REP		$1,000
Dist 49-CA	ISSA, DARRELL EDWARD	REP		$1,000
Dist 14-FL	MACK, CONNIE	REP		$1,500
Dist 05-IL	EMANUEL, RAHM	DEM		$1,000
Senate-LA	VITTER, DAVID	REP		$1,000
Dist 06-MI	UPTON, FREDERICK STEPHEN	REP		$1,000
Senate-MS	LOTT, TRENT	REP		$1,000
Dist 06-NC	COBLE, JOHN HOWARD	REP		$1,000
Dist 09-NC	MYRICK, SUE	REP		$1,000
Dist 02-NE	TERRY, LEE	REP		$1,811
Dist 07-NY	CROWLEY, JOSEPH	DEM		$1,000
Dist 10-NY	TOWNS, EDOLPHUS	DEM		$1,500
Dist 28-NY	SLAUGHTER, LOUISE M	DEM		$1,000
Dist 05-OH	GILLMOR, PAUL E	REP		$1,000
Dist 01-OK	SULLIVAN, JOHN	REP		$1,000
Dist 02-OR	WALDEN, GREGORY PAUL	REP		$1,000
Dist 01-WA	INSLEE, JAY R	DEM		$1,000
Senate-SD	THUNE, JOHN	REP		$1,000
Dist 05-TN	COOPER, JAMES H. S.	DEM		$1,500

It’s important to note that the top Democratic presidential hopefuls, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, made the list, whereas Republican presidential hopefuls in Congress, such as John McCain, did not.

This gives me the opportunity to leak some info: you’re going to see a massive community-led project on this site in the near future on this very subject. Stay tuned!

Note that there is contact info for each individual named above in the linked article.