Dave Camp — Ways and Means Committee

By Peter H. Stone

Dave Camp of Michigan, the presumptive new chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, was first elected two decades ago and

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"… mid-1990s that was signed into law by President Bill Clinton.Camp lives in Midland and represents the state’s 4th district, which encompasses farmland and …"

Right on the money: The George W. Bush profile

By Charles Lewis

On January 30, 1990, Platt's Oilgram News, a respected trade journal of the petroleum industry, reported that a subsidiary of a small, Dalla

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"… hood. He proudly boasts of his tenure at San Jacinto Junior High School in Midland, Texas. But the first place he ever lived was next door to the president o …"

"… oung George’s identity crisis reportedly reached its climax one night in Midland when he was confronted by his father for taking his brother Marvin, then f …"

"… d in Harvard Business School. Two years later, MBA in hand, he returned to Midland to find his own fortune in the oil fields,25.5 just as his father had done …"

"… tics. In 1978, he ran for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives from Midland after hurriedly assembling all the trappings of a candidate. In one year, …"

Party machines, lobbyists and special interests: Part three

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2000 — The goal of Texas Governor George W. Bush's advisers in the early days of the campaign was to make him the man t

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"… aced numerous headaches at the company since he came on board in 1996 from BP Amoco. Environmentalists and a number of whistleblowers, who identify them …"

"… , Bush asked him about the decades-long effort by oil companies, including BP Amoco, to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas explo …"

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A brief history of Bush, Harken and the SEC

By John Dunbar

WASHINGTON, October 16, 2002 — In 1976, George W. Bush was a freshly minted graduate of the Harvard Business School looking for a job. ...

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"… by getting into the oil business, and moved back to his childhood home of Midland, Texas.The early yearsIn 1977, Bush organized his first company, Arbusto E …"

Rick Perry's devotion to NRA-backed proposals reaps campaign aid and grassroots support

By Peter H. Stone

Rick Perry has signed 17 pro-gun bills while governor of Texas

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"… 2012.On the first of this month, Williams then hosted a fundraiser at his Midland, Texas, home for Perry’s presidential campaign. The event drew about 400 …"

ALEC anti-union push includes key players from Michigan, Arizona think tanks

By Paul Abowd

Goldwater Institute, Mackinac Center sponsored model bills at Charlotte summit

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"… unit’s members and would apply to public- and private-sector unions.The Midland-based Mackinac Center has played a central role in pushing the GOP-control …"

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Clean Air Act case brings $1 million penalty

By Alice Su

The EPA issues a $1 million fine against a global plastics producer for alleged Clean Air Act violations in Alabama and Indiana.

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"… r recent Clean Air Act cases. Last November, for instance, Dow Chemical in Midland, Mich., agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle charges of clean-air, clean-w …"