Corruption in US politics is open and transparent; senators and congressmen can't get elected without campaign donations, and everyone knows that donations come

Corruption in US politics is open and transparent; senators and congressmen can't get elected without campaign donations, and everyone knows that donations come with strings. It's hardly surprising if a senator from a hypothetical coal-mining state, who openly accepts donations from coal-mining interests, and who owns a mining company himself, blocks anti-carbon initiatives.