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MCCUTCHEON v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMM’N 

BREYER, J., dissenting 
Appendix A to opinion of BREYER, J. 

a  politician  may  be  during  the  day,  he  or  she  will  always
make  time  to  see  donors  who  gave  large  amounts  of 
money.  Staffers who work for Members know who the big 
donors are, and  those people always get their phone calls 
returned  first  and  are  allowed  to  see  the  Member  when 
others  are  not.’ ”    251  F. Supp.  2d,  at  481–482  (quoting 
Simpson Decl. ¶9). 

Senator  David  Boren:  “ ‘Donations,  including  soft  money
donations  to  political  parties,  do  affect  how  Congress 
operates.  It’s only natural, and happens all too often, that 
a busy Senator with 10 minutes to spare will spend those
minutes  returning  the  call  of  a  large  soft  money  donor
rather  than  the  call  of  any  other  constituent.  .  .  .  I  know 
from  my  first-hand  experience  and  from  my  interactions 
with  other  Senators  that  they  did  feel  beholden  to  large 
donors.”  251  F. Supp.  2d,  at  482  (quoting  Boren  Decl. 
¶¶7–8). 

Senator  Dale  Bumpers:  “[Senator  Bumpers]  had  ‘heard
that  some  Members  even  keep  lists  of  big  donors  in  their 
offices,’ and [stated] that ‘you cannot be a good Democratic 
or good Republican Member and not be aware of who gave 
money  to  the  party.’ ”    251  F. Supp.  2d,  at  487  (quoting 
Bumpers Decl. ¶¶18, 20). 

Representative Christopher Shays: “ ‘The candidates know
who  makes  these  huge  contributions  and  what  these 
donors  expect.  Candidates  not  only  solicit  these  funds
themselves,  they  meet  with  big  donors  who  have  im­
portant  issues  pending  before  the  government;  and  some­
times,  the  candidates’  or  the  party’s  position  appear  to
change  after  such  meetings.’ ”  251  F. Supp.  2d,  at  487 
(quoting 148 Cong Rec. 1305 (2002)). 

Senator  Warren  Rudman:  “ ‘Large  soft  money  contri­