There are currently 5 lobbyists for every member of Congress.
For the 2nd quarter of 2009, oil & gas and coal mining spent the following on lobbying:
- Chevron $6,485,000
- Exxon Mobil $4,657,000
- BP America $4,270,000
- ConocoPhillips $3,300,000
- American Petroleum Institute $2,120,000
- Marathon Oil Corporation $2,110,000
- Peabody Investments Corp $1,110,000
- Bituminous Coal Operators Association $980,000
- Shell Oil Company $950,000
- Arch Coal, Inc $940,000
- Williams Companies $920,000
- Flint Hills Resources $820,000
- Occidental Petroleum Corporation $794,000
- National Mining Association $770,000
- American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity $714,000
- Devon Energy $695,000
- Sunoco $585,000
- Independent Petroleum Association of America $434,000
- Murphy Oil USA, Inc $430,000
- Peabody Energy $420,000
- Rio Tinto Services, Inc $394,000
- America’s Natural Gas Alliance $300,000
- Interstate Natural Gas Association of America $290,000
- El Paso Corporation $261,000
- Spectra Energy $279,000
- National Propane Gas Association $242,000
- National Petrochemical & Refiners Association $240,000
- Nexen, Inc $230,000
- Denbury Resources $200,000
- Nisource, Inc $180,000
- Petroleum Marketers Association of America $170,000
- Valero Energy Corporation $160,000
- Bituminous Coal Operators Association $131,000
- Natural Gas Supply Association $114,000
- Tesoro Companies $119,000
Compare that to what the environmentalists spent:
- Environmental Defense Action Fund $937,500
- Nature Conservancy $650,000
- Natural Resources Defense Council $277,000
- Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund $243,000
- National Parks and Conservation Association $175,000
- Sierra Club $120,000
- Defenders of Wildlife $120,000
- Environmental Defense Fund $100,000
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So, now it becomes abundantly clear why our WP's are on our(ordinary citizens who live on the land) side!
With that kind of money chasing the politicians, there is no wonder that the system is rotten to the core.