zaterdag 14 februari 2015

The Face of Democracy 41

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    (image credit: Michael Mandiberg)
From International Business Times:
The oil and gas industry gave nearly $250,000 to each of the 62 senators who voted in favor of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project late last month, according to MapLight, a nonpartisan research organization that tracks the influence of money in politics. The revelations come as the House of Representatives is set to vote on and expected to pass the Senate legislation Wednesday that would approve the pipeline and start transferring oil in western Canada to refineries on the Gulf Coast. President Barack Obama has threatened to veto the project on a number of grounds, including environmental concerns.
The oil and gas industry, which stands to benefit from the Keystone XL pipeline, gave $236,544 on average to the senators who voted yes on Keystone, or about 10 times more than the senators who voted no. The 36 senators against the pipeline received about $22,882 apiece in campaign contributions from the oil and gas industry. There was no data on contributions to House members.
http://m.ibtimes.com/...
The original maplight.org piece can be found here:
http://maplight.org/...
The biggest recipient of oil largesse was Sen. Cornyn (R-TX), who took in over a million dollars for his "work". Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND), who wrote the bill, was a distant second, with $275,998. And they played Joe Manchin (D-WV) for a sucker - though he was a freaking co-sponsor of the bill, he only received $200,000. Enjoy that money, jerk.
Kudos to the 36 Senators who stood firm against the pipeline. It's kind of amazing that even they get tens of thousands of dollars from Big Oil - maybe just to give them a taste. This is what we are up against, folks - one step short of Boehner walking the halls of Congress, passing out checks.
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