Here's a list that tells me the energy bill will be passed soon

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A sampling of the larger contributors to President Bush's inauguration:

Contributor Amount Interests With Federal Government

Chevron

Texaco $250,000 Long-stalled energy bill and expansion of exploration to offshore and public wilderness areas

Marriott

International $250,000 Federal immigration policies producing a large labor pool

Pfizer Inc. $250,000 Regulation of prescription drug benefits in Medicare

Southern Co. $250,000 Environmental regulations exempting some older coal-fired plants from installing new pollution control equipment

Richard T. Farmer,

Cincinnati $100,000 Pollution rules governing industrial laundries

WellCare $100,000 Medicaid overhaul that would move more low-income mental-health patients into managed care

International

Paper $100,000 Federal regulations allowing forest managers more leeway authorizing logging on public land

Goldman Sachs $100,000 Private investment accounts as part of Social Security

Harold Simmons,

Dallas $100,000 Plans to import federal radioactive waste from Ohio and bury it in West Texas

Lockheed Martin $100,000 Federal defense contracts

SOURCE: Bush-Cheney Inaugural Committee