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Taxholes
House Republicans fight to preserve $5 billion in oil industry tax breaks |
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26 Apr 2006 |
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| Taxholes House Republicans fight to preserve $5 billion in oil industry tax breaks In public, prominent Republicans are chastising oil companies over high gas prices, and threatening price-gouging investigations and windfall-profit taxes. Behind closed doors, House Republicans are fighting to protect some $5 billion worth of tax loopholes for those very same oil companies. Luckily for th ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, news, oil, politics (all these topics) |
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They're Just Not That Into You
U.S. oil execs defend record profits -- again -- in Senate testimony |
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15 Mar 2006 |
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| They're Just Not That Into You U.S. oil execs defend record profits -- again -- in Senate testimony ExxonMobil, Chevron, and the gang took another turn at the Senate's cotillion yesterday, flirting with the Judiciary Committee and making coquettish demurrals about record profits and price gouging. Unlike November's fete with the Senate Commerce Committee, this time oil executives were sw ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, news, oil, politics (all these topics) |
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Don't Just Lie There
Oil industry execs caught fibbing; may lose tax break; still filthy rich |
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16 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Don't Just Lie There Oil industry execs caught fibbing; may lose tax break; still filthy rich Last week, while testifying at a Senate hearing, oil industry executives were asked point blank: "Did your company or any representatives of your companies participate in Vice President Cheney's energy task force in 2001?" The answers? Three No's, an "I don't know," and a &qu ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, news, oil, politics (all these topics) |
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Optical Delusion
Republicans ask oil firms to 'do their part' to ease pain at the pump |
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27 Oct 2005 |
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| Optical Delusion Republicans ask oil firms to "do their part" to ease pain at the pump Oil companies and their GOP backers in Washington face a somewhat awkward situation: The oil industry is awash in record profits, but Republicans continue to shovel them millions in subsidies. Meanwhile, Americans stagger under the weight of soaring gas prices. This has created some unfavorab ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, news, oil, politics (all these topics) |
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