Big OilPumped Full of Cash Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 3:48pm.
The oil industry is reporting record profits as consumers empty their wallets at the pump, so why is Senator John McCain (R-AZ) suddenly backing policies like offshore oil drilling that do nothing to help gas prices today (or the environment tomorrow), but stand to make Big Oil a handsome profit down the road? Public Campaign Action Fund's Campaign Money Watch project released a new report today that sheds some light on McCain's energy policy decisions, and what they have to do with the money from the oil industry that has filled his campaign coffers.
Press Release: Big Oil Money Fuels Blocked Interior Post Nominee Submitted by Johnny Papagiannis on Thu, 05/14/2009 - 3:08pm.
Posted in: Big Oil | campaign contributions | Campaign Money Watch | Dept. of Interior | Press Release | U.S. Senate
In the wake of the Senate Republicans' vote against cloture in the confirmation of Deputy Interior Secretary nominee, David J. Hayes, the Public Campaign Action Fund issued a press release detailing the campaign contributions made by Big Oil to members of the U.S. Senate. Second Shaffer Ad Goes up Submitted by Adam Smith on Mon, 10/13/2008 - 5:08pm.
Public Campaign Action Fund's Campaign Money Watch came out with a new ad highlighting Colorado Senate candidate Bob Schaffer's connections to Big Oil.
It Ain't Easy Taking Green Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 2:58pm.
Public Campaign Action Fund's project, Campaign Money Watch, has been doing extensive research into Senator John McCain's (R) recent reversal on the offshore oil drilling ban, and what a flood of contributions from the oil industry may have had to do with it. A couple of other organizations have picked up the thread and joined the effort to get an answer on whether campaign contributions from Big Oil are effecting McCain's policy decisions.
Tokens of Appreciation Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Mon, 07/28/2008 - 10:45am.
The Washington Post is doing a series all this week on the oil situation: rising demand, rising prices, environmental concerns, the whole messy debacle. Right next to the first article in that series was this piece about some fishy timing around Sen. John McCain's (R) reversal on the offshore oil drilling ban, and an influx of campaign contributions from the oil industry.
Big, Bad Oil Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Wed, 06/18/2008 - 1:22pm.
Experts will tell you that it would be years before American consumers would seen any benefit from the proposed offshore oil drilling President Bush is attempting to push through Congress. So why is Senator John McCain (R) pushing the idea on the campaign trail as a solution to rising gas prices? ThinkProgress speculates on McCain's change of heart -- and the money he's taking in from the oil and gas industry.
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