Planet Money 5:35 am Fri April 6, 2012  The Most (And Least)
Lucrative Committees In Congress  Credit Lam Thuy Vo / The
Sunlight Foundation  Originally published on Mon April 9, 2012
9:19 am  This story is part of Planet Money's series on money in
politics. This post was originally published on March 30. It was
updated on April 6.  Most of the nitty-gritty action in Congress
happens in committees.  Not surprisingly, campaign contributions
flow to members of the committees that big donors are really
interested in — like, say, the ways and means committee, which
oversees the tax code.  This makes a huge difference to
lawmakers, who need a steady stream of donations to fund their
re-election campaigns.  Both parties rank each committee for its
fundraising potential. There are lists of the A, B, and C
committees, and fundraising targets for the members. Those lists
aren't public. Many lawmakers say these lists exist, but no one
would give one to us.  So we created our own list, based on
publicly disclosed fundrai