Want to know which sitting member of Congress has received the most money from the oil and gas industry? Which federal lawmaker has received the most from environmentalists?

Now you can find that information in one centralized location on OpenSecrets.org — presented with sort-able and down-loadable options for your convenience.

On the new “Fueling Washington” series tools page, which you can access by clicking here, you can dig into the same data that we’ve been using to examine the influence of these deep-pocketed, and sometimes not-so-deep-pocketed, special interest groups this week.

Find greater detail on the $10.4 million — and counting — that the oil and gas industry has contributed to sitting members of Congress since January 2009. See how the environmental lobby stacks up to the oil and gas lobby since President Barack Obama took office. (Hint, the oil and gas industry has spent about $250 million and hired 874 lobbyists while the enviros have spent about $33 million on 501 lobbyists.)

You’ll also learn that Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) are the top beneficiaries of the oil and gas industry, with each receiving between $1.7 million and $2.7 million since 1989.

Further, you’ll see that nine out of the top 10 recipients over this period have been Republicans — as we outline in the table below of the current members of Congress who have received the most from oil and gas interests to their leadership PACs and campaign committees over the past two decades.

Name Amount John McCain (R-Ariz.) $2,766,974 Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) $2,341,725 John Cornyn (R-Texas) $1,783,600 Joe Barton (R-Texas) $1,696,430 James Inhofe (R-Okla.) $1,447,773 Don Young (R-Alaska) $1,058,713 Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) $930,511 David Vitter (R-La.) $906,119 Mary Landrieu (D-La.) $828,344 Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) $767,498

You’ll additionally discover that Sens. Mark Udall (D-Colo.), Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and John Kerry (D-Mass) rank has the top recipients from environmentalists over the years, pulling in $537,400, $497,970 and $336,080 respectively to their leadership PACs and campaign committees since 1989.

Moreover, you’ll see that a handful of lawmakers have never, to our knowledge, accepted a penny from the oil and gas industry. These members of Congress are: Rep. Tom Perriello (D-Va.), Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.), Rep. Phil Hare (D-Ill.), Rep. Bruce Braley (D-Iowa), Rep. David Loebsack (D-Iowa), Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.), Rep. Mark Critz (D-Pa.), Rep. Susan Davis (D-Calif.), Sen. George LeMieux (R-Fla.), Sen. Ted Kaufman (D-Del.), Sen. Carte Goodwin (D-W. Va.) and Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.).

What are you waiting for? Check out the new “Fueling Washington” series tool for yourself here.

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