Mr. Smith is a Republican Representative from Texas, who seems to spend a lot of his time, pushing an agenda of the RIAA/MPAA/etc.

Let's find out more about Lamar, shall we?
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Lamar Smith.

Here's more on this little mischief maker.
Web Site: lamarsmith.house.gov
E-mail: Contact Via 'Web Form.'

Washington Office:
2231 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-4321
Phone: (202) 225-4236
Fax: (202) 225-8628

Main District Office:
1100 NE Loop 410, #640
San Antonio, TX 78209
Phone: (210) 821-5024
Fax: (210) 821-5947
(more district offices)



Background Information

Party: Republican
Residence: San Antonio
Marital Status: Married (Beth)
Prev. Occupation: Attorney
Prev. Political Exp.: TX House, 1981-82; Bexar Co. Commissioners Court, 1982-86
Education: BA Yale University, 1969; JD Southern Methodist University, 1975
Birthdate: 11/19/1947
Birthplace: San Antonio, TX
Religion: Christian Science



Other Information

Term: 9th
First Elected: 1986
Percentage in Last Election: 73%
Major Opponent: John Courage
Committees:
• Select Committee on Homeland Security
• Judiciary
• Science
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Here's the reported PAC money he got THIS cycle :
Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX 21st)

Political Action Committee Contributions: 2003-2004 Campaign Cycle

Total 2003-2004 campaign contributions: $75,333

Sort by: Total Amount | Contributor

Contributor Total
Government Personnel Mutual Political Action Committee (Aka Gpm Pac) $70
Napus Pac For Postmasters (Fka Political Education For Postmasters) $250
American Cable Association Inc Pac (Aca Pac) $500
United Parcel Service Inc Political Action Committee $500
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation Railpac (Bnsf Railpac) $500
Constructive Citizenship Program Of Texas Instruments $500
Verizon Communications Inc Good Government Club (Fka Bell Atlantic Corporation Pac) $600
Intellectual Property Owners Association Political Action Fund $749
Philips Electronics North America Corporation Political Action Committee $750
Brooke Holdings Inc And Jackson National Life Insurance Company Separate Segregated Fund $1000
Raytheon Company Political Action Committee $1000
Contran Corporation Political Action Committee (Conpac) $1000
Phillips Petroleum Company Political Action Committee $1000
Customer Services Political Action Committee Of Texas Utilities Company D/B/A Txu Corp $1000
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company Political Action Committee (3m Pac) $1000
Chase Manhattan Corporation Fund For Good Government $1000
Texas Utilities Company D/B/A Txu Corp Political Action Committee $1000
Intuit 21st Century Leadership Fund $1000
Entrust Inc Political Action Committee $1000
Recording Industry Assoc/America Inc Political Action Committee (Fka Recording Arts Pac) $1000
Mcdermott, Will & Emery Pac (Mw&E Pac) $1000
Hopkins & Sutter Political Fund $1000
Eds Political Action Committee $1000
Johnson & Johnson Employees' Good Government Fund $1000
Cisco Systems Inc Federal Pac $1000
Exxon Mobil Corporation Political Action Committee (Exxonmobil Pac) $1000
United Technologies Corporation Political Action Committee $1000
Zacopac (H B Zachry Company) $1000
Ppg Employees Voluntary Political Campaign Fund $1000
Bank Of America Corporation Pac Fka Nationsbank Corporation Pac $1000
American Bankers Association Bankpac $1000
American Intellectual Property Law Association Intellectual Property Pac $1000
Eastman Kodak Company Employee Pac $1000
Health Plan Pac Of The American Assoc Of Health Plans Fka Group Health Assoc Of Amer Pac $1000
International Trademark Association Political Action Committee (Inta Pac) $1000
Independent Bankers Association Of Texas (Ibat Fedpac) $1000
Hewlett-Packard Company Political Action Committee $1000
Eli Lilly And Company Political Action Committee $1000
Honeywell International Inc Fka Allied-Signal Political Action Committee $1000
Power Political Action Committee Of Texas Utilities Company D/B/A Txu Corp $1000
Fulbright & Jaworski L L P Federal Committee $2000
Universal Studios Political Action Committee $2000
Intel Corporation Political Action Committee $2000
Build Political Action Committee Of The National Association Of Home Builders $2000
America Online Inc Political Action Committee ("Aol.Pac") $2000
Kinetic Concepts Inc Political Action Committee (Kcipac) $2000
News America Holdings Inc-Fox Pol Action Committee (Aka News America-Fox Pol Action Cmte $2000
Microsoft Corporation Political Action Committee $2000
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc Political Action Committee $2000
Sbc Communications Inc Employee Federal Political Action Committee (Sbc Empac) $3000
Valero Energy Corporation Political Action Committee $4000
National Association Of Broadcasters Television And Radio Political Action Committee $4914
United Services Automobile Association Group Political Action Committee (Usaa Group Pac) $5000
Dealers Election Action Committee Of The National Automobile Dealers Association (Nada) $5000
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Here's the PAC money he reported from the cycle before this one...
Lamar Smith (R-TX 21st)

Political Action Committee Contributions: 2001-2002 Campaign Cycle

Total 2001-2002 campaign contributions: $227,217

Sort by: Total Amount | Contributor

Contributor Total
Verizon Communications Inc Political Action Committee $-250
National Republican Congressional Committee Expenditures $78
Information Technology Ass'N Of Amer'S "Net" Pol Action Committee (Itaa'S "Net" Pac) $250
Security Service Federal Credit Union Pac $250
Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Employees' Political Action Committee $250
Napus Pac For Postmasters (Fka Political Education For Postmasters) $280
Radioshack Government Action Fund $300
Pink Elephant Committee $300
Chromalloy Gas Turbine Corporation Political Action Committee $350
Farmers Group Inc Political Action Committee $350
Tenth District Farm Credit Council, Inc Pac (Tdpac) $350
Drinker Biddle Political Action Committee $500
Association Of Progressive Rental Organizations Political Action Committee - Rentpac $500
Phillips Petroleum Company Political Action Committee $500
Compaq Citizenship Fund Connected With Compaq Computer Corporation $500
American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants Effective Legislation Committee (Aicpa) $500
American Crystal Sugar Company Political Action Committee $500
U S Immigration Reform Pac $500
Hca-The Healthcare Company. Good Government Fund $500
Constructive Citizenship Program Of Texas Instruments $500
American Sugarbeet Growers Association Political Action Committee $500
American Success Political Action Committee $500
King Ranch Inc Political Action Committee-Federal $500
Beef-Pac (Beef Political Action Committee Of Texas Cattle Feeders Association) $500
Hexcel Corporation Political Action Committee $500
American Cable Association Inc Pac (Aca Pac) $500
Ascap Legislative Fund For The Arts $500
Penneypac Jcpenney Co Inc Political Action Committee $500
American Society Of Association Executives A-Pac $500
United Parcel Service Inc Political Action Committee $550
Government Personnel Mutual Political Action Committee (Aka Gpm Pac) $600
Dick Armey Campaign Committee $647
Sabre Inc Political Action Committee $1000
Ernst & Young Political Action Committee $1000
Texas Utilities Company D/B/A Txu Corp Political Action Committee $1000
National Federation Of Independent Business/ Save America'S Free Enterprise Trust $1000
Entrust Inc Political Action Committee $1000
National Telephone Cooperative Association Telephone Education Committee Organization $1000
Corrections Corporation Of America Inc Political Action Committee $1000
Wine And Spirits Wholesalers Of America, Inc. Political Action Committee $1000
National Association Of Insurance And Financial Advisors Political Action Committee $1000
Baker & Hostetler Political Action Committee $1000
Fpl Pac, Florida Power & Light Co. Employees' Political Action Committee $1000
Vought Aircraft Industries Inc Political Action Committee $1000
Hewlett-Packard Company Political Action Committee $1000
American Sugar Cane League Political Action Committee $1000
Health Plan Pac Of The American Assoc Of Health Plans Fka Group Health Assoc Of Amer Pac $1000
Action Committee For Rural Electrification (Acre) National Rural Electric Coop. Assoc. $1000
Raytheon Company Political Action Committee $1000
Sun Microsystems Inc Political Action Committee $1000
Dell Computer Corporation (Dell Pac) $1000
International Trademark Association Political Action Committee (Inta Pac) $1000
Political Action Committee Of The Directors Guild Of American Inc Dga-Pac; The $1000
Sears Political Action Committee $1000
Western Peanut Growers Political Action Committee $1000
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Employee Political Action Committee $1000
Power Mobility Coalition Inc Political Action Committee $1000
Transmission And Pipeline Political Action Cmte Of Texas Utilities Company D/B/A Txu Corp $1000
Associated Builders And Contractors Political Action Committee (Abc/Pac) $1000
Amazon.Com Holdings Inc Separate Segregated Fund $1000
Praxair Inc Political Action Committee $1000
Intel Corporation Political Action Committee $1000
Exxon Mobil Corporation Political Action Committee (Exxonmobil Pac) $1000
Visa Usa Political Action Committee $1000
Reed Elsevier Inc Political Action Committee (Reed Elsevier Inc Pac) $1000
Union Pacific Corp Fund For Effective Government $1000
Citigroup Inc Political Action Committee-Federal (Citigroup Pac-Federal) $1000
Q Fed Pac $1000
Institute Of Makers Of Explosives Political Action Committee (Imepac) $1000
Philips Electronics North America Corporation Political Action Committee $1000
Johnson & Johnson Employees' Good Government Fund $1000
American Hospital Association Political Action Committee (Ahapac) $1000
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (Metlife) Employees' Political Participation Fund A $1000
Pitney Bowes Inc Political Action Committee $1000
National Beer Wholesalers' Association Political Action Committee (Nbwa Pac) $1000
Home Depot Inc Better Government Committee;The $1000
Wells Fargo Employee Pac (Fka Norwest Corporation Pac) $1000
Technology Network (Technet) Federal Political Action Committee $1000
Alliant Techsystems Inc Employee Citizenship Fund $1000
Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers Inc Political Action Committee $1000
Independent Bankers Association Of Texas (Ibat Fedpac) $1000
Holland & Knight Committee For Effective Government $1000
American Airlines Political Action Committee $1000
Brooke Holdings Inc And Jackson National Life Insurance Company Separate Segregated Fund $1000
Locke Liddell & Sapp Llp Pac $1000
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company Political Action Committee (3m Pac) $1000
Office Of The Commissioner Of Major League Baseball Political Action Committee $1000
Broadwaveusa Inc Political Action Committee (Broadwave Pac) $1000
Intellectual Property Owners Association Political Action Fund $1000
United States Telecom Association Political Action Committee (Ustapac) $1000
Universal Studios Political Action Committee $1000
Philip Morris Companies Inc Political Action Committee (Aka Phil-Pac) $1000
Computer Sciences Corporation Pac (Csc Pac) $1000
Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, Mcpherson And Hand, Chartered Political Action Committee $1125
Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Political Action Committee $1500
Zacopac (H B Zachry Company) $1500
Walt Disney Productions Employees Pac (Disney Employees Political Action Committee) $1500
News America Holdings Inc-Fox Pol Action Committee (Aka News America-Fox Pol Action Cmte $1500
Associated General Contractors Of America Political Action Committee $1500
Viacom International Inc Political Action Committee $1500
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc Political Action Committee $1500
Motion Picture Association Of America Inc Political Action Committee $1745
Eds Political Action Committee $2000
Realtors Political Action Committee $2000
Dairy Farmers Of America Inc Depac (Dairy Education Political Action Committee) $2000
America Online Inc Political Action Committee ("Aol.Pac") $2000
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld Llp Civic Action Committee $2000
Washington Mutual Political Action Committee (Wmpac) $2000
Bellsouth Corporation Employees' Federal Political Action Committee $2000
Ebay Inc-Committee For Responsible Internet Commerce $2000
Physical Therapy Political Action Committee (Pt-Pac) $2000
American Bankers Association Bankpac $2000
United Space Alliance Political Action Committee (Usa Pac) $2000
People For Digital Competition Political Action Committee (Pdcpac) $2000
Build Political Action Committee Of The National Association Of Home Builders $2000
Texas Industries Inc Political Action Committee (Fka-Txi Industries Pac) $2000
Texas Farm Bureau Friends Of Agriculture Fund (Agfund) Inc (Texas Farm Bureau Agfund) $2500
Boeing Company Political Action Committee (Bpac) $2500
Bank Of America Corporation Pac Fka Nationsbank Corporation Pac $3000
American Medical Association Political Action Committee $3000
Bank One Corporation Pac $3000
Trw Good Government Fund $3000
Archipac/The American Institute Of Architects $3000
National Association Of Broadcasters Television And Radio Political Action Committee $3200
Kinetic Concepts Inc Political Action Committee (Kcipac) $3500
Valero Energy Corporation Political Action Committee $3500
Venturepac $4000
Nra Political Victory Fund $4950
Wal-Mart Stores Inc Pac For Responsible Government $5000
Microsoft Corporation Political Action Committee $5000
Lockheed Martin Employees Political Action Committee $6000
National Cable Television Association'S Political Action Committee (Cable Pac) $6392
Sbc Communications Inc Employee Federal Political Action Committee (Sbc Empac) $6500
Schering - Plough Corporation Better Government Fund $7500
Customer Services Political Action Committee Of Texas Utilities Company D/B/A Txu Corp $8000
Verizon Communications Inc Good Government Club (Fka Bell Atlantic Corporation Pac) $8000
United Services Automobile Association Group Political Action Committee (Usaa Group Pac) $10000
Dealers Election Action Committee Of The National Automobile Dealers Association (Nada) $10000

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NOTICE HE GOT MONEY FROM SOME OUR LITTLE FRIENDS IN THE MOST RECENT CYCLE:)

Recording Industry Assoc/America Inc Political Action Committee (Fka Recording Arts Pac) $1000
American Intellectual Property Law Association Intellectual Property Pac $1000
Universal Studios Political Action Committee $2000
America Online Inc Political Action Committee ("Aol.Pac") $2000
Intel Corporation Political Action Committee $2000
Microsoft Corporation Political Action Committee $2000
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc Political Action Committee $2000
Hewlett-Packard Company Political Action Committee $1000
Intellectual Property Owners Association Political Action Fund $749
International Trademark Association Political Action Committee (Inta Pac) $1000

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Look, what is this guy doing for TEXAS?
If you look at his record, he would appear to be using a lot of his time
and resources, introducing bills to criminalize citizens for using P2P,
attacking our civil rights and liberties.

I personally am bothered by the way someone, who is arguably supposed to be
representing the interests of Texans, appears to be spending inordinately
large amounts of his work day, instead of working for Texans, apparently
doing the bidding of the RIAA...who, after all, are NOT based in Texas,
and who have attacked citizens in Texas with this "pay up or we sue" nonsense.

Man, this guy is getting money from a lot of people....
and a lot of them, are people I am not fond of...

You know how it works. You have the money, you make the laws. If I ever get rich, I'm gonna buy a Senator.

Ok Code this is some great info here. But my question is how do we use this information against this man? Can we post this info on www.thesmokinggun.com ?

I'm not from Texas, but if I was, I'd sure as hell not re-elect him. 73% last election! I guess 54% must be RIAA-paid, and 19% must be automobilers.

What a shame for Texans.

Election day is coming, here's your chance ...

JLBRMECHANIC- of course you can post it on the smokinggun..


I got the info from congress.org.

I think that everyone in Texas should be aware of his activities, and be able to make an informed decision about whether we want someone with his allegiances, to continue representing us.

Thanks Code. I'll contact the smoking gun and see if they want this info. Mr. Smith clearly does not represent the interests of the people only big money. Sad really. I hate career politicians.

Just posted it Code. thanks for this info.

awesome research code. It's great to see some corporates wasting lobbying money. It's intersting to find that Verizon contributed ALOT, tooo. It would be interesting to dig this info for John Kerry, President Bush, and anyone else.

I was just wondering, suppose it were the case that the congressmen etc receiving all this money from the RIAA members held such views BEFORE they received the money.

AND then the RIAA members send the money AFTER they learn this fact to make sure that these politicians CONTINUE to be presenting bills in their favor.

This seems possible to me as well.

what if they are just simply corrupt politicians

Occam's razor..the law of parsimony at work.

What IS the going rate for a Senator or Congressman? There are enough of us here, surely we can buy ONE.

lol..or just rent time from them...like the time they are voting....