The politics of energy: Oil and gas

By Kevin Bogardus

WASHINGTON, December 15, 2003 — The sweeping energy bill now pending in Congress offers a geyser of new tax breaks and other government good

Excerpts from this story referencing "Major":

"… te cleanup is $29 billion and rising.Enter Representative Tom DeLay, House Majority Leader and one of the most powerful people in Washington.DeLay’s Texa …"

"… may also apply to drilling in national forests.Oil money lubricated processMajor campaign contributions by the oil and gas industry are widely credited wit …"

No guarantees at the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

By John Solomon

Last November, the federal corporation charged with protecting Americans’ retirement funds issued an ominous public warning: the amount of p

The curious spending of Republicans for Choice

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

Wharton Professor Yoram “Jerry” Wind calls himself a liberal Republican. Unhappy with what he considers far-right positions taken by his par

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"… , political committees, and independent expenditures since 1997:Republican Majority for Choice PAC, another abortion rights GOP committee: more than 87 per …"

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Harken Energy Corporation internal documents

July 19, 2002 — In his July 8, 2002, press conference, President George W. Bush told reporters "to look back on the directors' minutes" for

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"… essary to reach a conclusion regarding the fairness of the proposal by the Major Shareholders” to help Harken obtain more favorable treatment from its cr …"

New GOP chiefs of appropriations, energy panels may not be settled until after Thanksgiving

By Peter H. Stone

With Republicans expected to have an excellent shot at winning back the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, talk is rampant about whic

Big polluters freed from environmental oversight by stimulus

By Kristen Lombardi and John Solomon

In the name of job creation and clean energy, the Obama administration has doled out billions of dollars in stimulus money to some of the na

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"… 3, 2009, letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Rep. James Oberstar, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and Sen. Barbara Boxer. “The truth is we canno …"

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Club 100: Over 100 Americans gave more than $100,000 to state political parties

By Robert Moore

WASHINGTON, November 21, 2002 — Political party organizations will never do business quite the same way again. ...

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"… Lanoue, chairman of the Political Science Department at the University of Alabama.[State parties] is where they go to get noticed, and to generate whatever …"

"… he ran unsuccessfully for the state’s 7th Congressional District seat.In Alabama, four lawyers with the Hare Wynn Newell Newton law firm each made contribu …"

"… w days of one another.Hare, Wynn which is the oldest plaintiffs’ firm in Alabama made hefty donations this year to Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman, contributing …"

"… the oldest plaintiffs’ firm in Alabama made hefty donations this year to Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman, contributing $50,000 to his campaign for re-election.S …"

Pentagon’s contract examiners need to cooperate

By Julie Vorman

Two Pentagon agencies that share responsibility for overseeing how big contracts are carried out should stop their squabbling and work toget

Party machines, lobbyists and special interests: Part one

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2000 — It is no surprise and nothing new in the land of the spin and the home of the sound bite that each and every can

Pets and pesticides: Let's be careful out there

By M.B. Pell and Jillian Olsen

Last June Diane Bromenschenkel applied a flea-and-tick product to her English pointer, Wings, so the dog wouldn’t get ticks while hunting ph

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