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Related: About this forumCHART: These Members of Congress Are Bankrolled by the Fracking Industry
The growing fracking industry is "yielding gushers" of campaign donations for congressional candidatesparticularly Republicans from districts with fracking activityaccording to a new report from the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
The report, "Natural Cash: How the Fracking Industry Fuels Congress," examines a period spanning from 2004 to 2012. In that time, CREW finds, contributions from companies that operate hydraulic fracturing wells and fracking-related industry groups rose 180 percent, from $4.3 million nine years ago to about $12 million in the last election cycle.
These donations are flowing to members of Congress at a time when some legislators are trying to increase regulation of fracking, a process in which drillers inject a mixture of water, sand, and chemicals into the bedrock to release oil and natural gas reserves. The most serious of these legislative efforts is the FRAC Act. First introduced in 2009, the act would require EPA regulation of the industry and would force fracking companies to disclose the chemicals that they inject under high pressure into the ground. Both the House and Senate versions of the bill are stalled in committee.
http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2013/11/chart-these-members-of-congress-are-bankrolled-by-the-fracking-industry
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CHART: These Members of Congress Are Bankrolled by the Fracking Industry (Original Post)
peoli
Nov 2013
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The Oligarchs And Corporations Own And Control The Politicians That Own And Control Us
cantbeserious
Nov 2013
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MADem
(135,425 posts)1. Landrieu doesn't surprise me at all, she's a blue dog.
Her state is also heavily involved with the energy sector. She'll vote with us when Reid insists, though, and she's marginally better than a Republican for that reason.
Tigress DEM
(7,887 posts)2. Et TU? Mary Landrieu!!
The others are expected, but that lone DEM.
Does she actually support it or are they trying to oust her with the appearance of impropriety?
a kennedy
(29,655 posts)6. or worse, a DINO
ugh......
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)3. The Oligarchs And Corporations Own And Control The Politicians That Own And Control Us
eom
Tippy
(4,610 posts)5. KOCH Bros backing this group...