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Highest congressional career totals for contributions from PACs tied to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae:

House Minority Whip Roy Blunt, R-Mo., $78,500.

Sen. Robert Bennett, R-Utah, Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, $71,499.

Rep. Spencer Bachus, of Alabama, House Financial Services Committee, senior Republican, $70,500.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., $60,500.

House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, $60,500.

Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., chairman of Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, $48,500.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., $47,000.

Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, $30,500.

— Fannie Mae's PAC total contributions to congressional races this election cycle through June:

— House: Democrats, $275,950; Republicans, $257,850.

— Senate: Democrats, $82,500; Republicans $83,500.

— The companies' lobbying expenses in first half of this year: $7.4 million.

(Source: The Center for Responsive Politics, with Federal Election Commission records.)

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