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Brown Dogs
Dirty energy industry preemptively padding the pockets of key Democrats |
David Roberts |
24 Mar 2008 |
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| The dirty energy industry sees big, important debates heading to a Democratic Congress, and it's preparing by buying up "moderate" House Democrats ($ub. req'd): Moderate House Democrats -- even freshmen with little obvious influence -- have seen a surge of campaign contributions from the energy industry, whose giving patterns have long favored Republicans. Data compiled by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics show the overall industry an ... |
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| Topics: energy, fossil fuels, nuclear power, politics, shenanigans (all these topics) |
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