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Archive Home > 2009 > June > 19 > Big Oil ramps up lobbying

Big Oil ramps up lobbying

Industry on track to break last year’s spending record

By John Porretto / The Bulletin
June 19, 2009

HOUSTON — Oil and gas companies have accelerated their spending on lobbying faster than any other industry, training their gusher of profits on Washington to fight new taxes on drilling and slow efforts to move the nation off fossil fuels.

The industry spent $44.5 million lobbying....

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