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Fracking-Friendly Bills Flourish as Industry Donations Skyrocket
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/11/22-7
'This week, House Majority Leadership showed that they’ll sacrifice just about anything for the oil and gas industry'
Fracking-Friendly Bills Flourish as Industry Donations Skyrocket
- Sarah Lazare, staff writer
Published on Friday, November 22, 2013 by Common Dreams
A wave of legislation friendly to the fracking industry in the House of Representative appears to be following skyrocketing donations from the fossil fuel industry.
A Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington report this week reveals that from 2004 to 2012, oil and gas industry contributions to Congressional campaigns climbed 231 percent in fracking states and districts.
Several bills passed in Congress this week suggest these contributions are paying off.
In a landslide 252 to 165 vote, the GOP-controlled House rammed through the fracking industry friendly HR 1900 on Thursday that would fast-track pipeline construction if signed into law.