Big GOP contributor advised administration's energy task force

By Robert Moore

WASHINGTON, January 31, 2002 — When a generous patron of President Bush and the Republican Party sought political backing for his company's

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"… stration released the dates of six meetings between Cheney, members of the energy task force, and Enron executives. The meeting dates were disclosed in a letter from C …"

"… same day it contributed $100,000 to the RNC.President Bush established the energy task force almost immediately after taking office. The task force was in part a respo …"

"… lout. The financial bailout never materialized. But the administration’s energy task force, some critics charged, offered Enron substantial help. Last week, a report …"

"… ssed that these meetings were in no way connected with the work of Cheneys energy task force. He went on to say that the pipeline project is “the single most importa …"

A pipeline of influence

By Kevin Bogardus

Even before he became VP, Dick Cheney and Bush fundraisers were crafting national energy policy

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"… lating the law by refusing to disclose many of the records of his infamous energy task force, which drafted the administration's controversial energy plan.Home is wher …"

"… l benefit any company that operates in those areas," Lucier said.Doing the energy task force's homeworkThe White House's energy policy would soon take shape as well †…"

"… ob Kripowicz at the June 2001 NPC meeting. Cheney and other members of his energy task force, including Evans, were already familiar with the NPC's work.Consistent wit …"

'Full and open debate'

By The Center for Public Integrity

Was Halliburton chief Dick Cheney being ironic when he wrote to Vice President Al Gore?

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"… nal Democrats, for example, were rebuffed in their quest for details about energy task force deliberations. And for the first time in its history, the General Accounti …"

"… hen a federal court judge ordered Cheney's office to turn over to them key energy task force documents. An appeals court refused to throw out that order, setting up a …"

"… lower court order, the public will get a glimpse into the administration's energy task force deliberations, albeit after two years of stalling. …"

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Commentary: New GOP chairman Marc Racicot mixes politics and profits

By Charles Lewis

WASHINGTON, December 20, 2001 — President Bush's recent decision to name an active, registered lobbyist to head the Republican National Comm

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"… Dick Cheney on behalf of the National Electric Reliability Council and his energy task force director, Andrew Lundquist, on the Environmental Protection Agency’s att …"

"… istration continues to stonewall requests to release information about the energy task force.Racicot, as Republican Party chairman, will not accept his $150,000 annual …"

The politics of energy: Coal

By The Center for Public Integrity

When George W. Bush was inaugurated on the Capitol steps in January 2001, the coal industry, which had contr

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"… the Bush administration’s first initiatives was the establishment of an energy task force, chaired by Vice President Dick Cheney, which laid out a coal-friendly str …"

Congress moves to curb abuses by advisory councils

By Jim Morris and Marina Walker Guevara

Federal watchdogs target secrecy, industry influence by "fifth branch of government"

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"… usiness leaders and lobbyists, as it did with Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force in 2001, and refusing to make records public. Critics say it has also tink …"

"… And in 2004, the Supreme Court held that records associated with Cheney's energy task force were protected by executive privilege and therefore did not have to be rel …"

"… untable way."Congressman Waxman agrees. He was an early critic of Cheney's energy task force and has continued to denounce the Bush administration for what he calls ex …"

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Network of 900 advisory panels wields unseen power

Concerns raised about secrecy, industry influence and political interference

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"… ct to FACA. In a third, the Supreme Court said the law did not apply to an energy task force chaired by Vice President Dick Cheney, even though Cheney was getting advi …"

"… out new exemptions to the law," shrouding the work of bodies like Cheney's energy task force, the President's Commission on Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction …"

Bush Administration thwarts access

By The Center for Public Integrity

Excerpt from The Buying of the President 2004 shows the White House's propensity for secrecy

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"… provide the General Accounting Office with records related to his national energy task force, including the names of lobbyists and corporate executives with whom he me …"