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A secret alliance of Republican officials and energy companies has been working together to conspire to thwart executive actions taken by President Obama.
The New York Times reported on a letter that had been written by an energy company and copied by state government stationery then sent to Washington,
The email exchange from October 2011, obtained through an open-records request, offers a hint of the unprecedented, secretive alliance that Mr. Pruitt and other Republican attorneys general have formed with some of the nations top energy producers to push back against the Obama regulatory agenda, an investigation by The New York Times has found.
Attorneys general in at least a dozen states are working with energy companies and other corporate interests, which in turn are providing them with record amounts of money for their political campaigns, including at least $16 million this year.
They share a common philosophy about the reach of the federal government, but the companies also have billions of dollars at stake. And the collaboration is likely to grow: For the first time in modern American history, Republicans in January will control a majority 27 of attorneys generals offices.
What The Times uncovered is an example of something that the majority of Democratic voters dont understand. State elections are in some ways more important than federal elections. State elections in midterm years really matter.
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Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)spanone
(135,831 posts)geretogo
(1,281 posts)onethatcares
(16,168 posts)where the energy company named Duke has just done away with conservation measures, and any tax rebates for solar energy telling
the citizens there is not enough "sun" in the sunshine state for solar to work.
The AG is named Pam Bondi.
Hell, she just got the National Republican Attorney General post.
Rex
(65,616 posts)jwirr
(39,215 posts)afraid of them or does not have the evidence.
lastlib
(23,224 posts)the consequences of "minor" elections!
certainot
(9,090 posts)the same one they always use to create made to order constituencies to push or overturn legislation, the always-ignored buzz machine, republicon radio.
pretty much all of mass consumed media. i am so sick of it. our democracy is falling by the wayside.
RiverLover
(7,830 posts)to continue to max profits while raping the earth, poisoning the earth, & accelerating climate change.
I got your hate right here.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)geretogo
(1,281 posts)America . All in the name of Liberty and Freedom of course .