Do these guys & gals think they are invisible? How utterly shameless are they? Well, I guess 31 million dollars IS a lot of money, after all, and we all know how these senators like their golf, and their whatevers, or maybe it’s just the POWER – is this supposed to make the rest of us feel unattended to?
I am personally embarrassed, in a collective way, for these people. You can look up Your Senator here to see the detailed $ amount of their pathetic betrayal.
From Oil Change International:
“Senators Supporting KXL Took Nearly $31 Million From Fossil Fuel Industry Before Vote
Average KXL Supporter has Taken 3.5 Times More Money from Industry Than Non-Supporters
Washington, DC– New analysis today from Oil Change International reveals that supporters of the just-passed non-binding Keystone XL pipeline amendment received 3.5 times more in campaign contributions from fossil fuel interests than those voting “no”. In total, researchers found that supporters took an average of $499,648 from the industry before voting for the pipeline, for a staggering total of $30,978,153.”
The specifics, again thanks to Oil Change International:
In total, co-sponsors of this amendment have pulled in a total haul of over $8 million dollars from the fossil fuel industry. Non-partisan greed.
Co-sponsors’s dirty energy money ties:
- Senator Hoeven R-ND has received more than $421,000 from fossil fuel interests
- Senator Baucus D-MT has received more than $680,000 from fossil fuel interests
- Senator Cornyn R-TX has received more than $2.1 MILLION from fossil fuel interests
- Senator Manchin D-WV has received more than $1 MILLION from fossil fuel interests
- Senator Roberts R-KS has received more than $400,000 from fossil fuel interests
- Senator Heitkamp D-ND has received $47,450 from fossil fuel interests (in just one Senate race in a small state)
- Senator Barrasso R-WY has received more than $819,000 from fossil fuel interests
- Senator Landrieu D-LA has received more than $1.25 MILLION from fossil fuel interests
- Senator Murkowski R-AK has received more than $1.04 MILLION from fossil fuel interests
- Senator Begich D-AK has received more than $212,000 from fossil fuel interests (in just one Senate race)
IMHO, they should all be ashamed. And we should be ashamed for letting this happen.
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- Katuah Earth First! Shuts Down TD Bank in Protest Against Kesytone XL (earthfirstnews.wordpress.com)
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