http://www.publicampaign.org/taxonomy/term/636/0 en http://www.publicampaign.org/blog/2007/12/14/oil-money-trumps-energy-policy Yesterday evening the Senate passed a <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/nationworld/ci_7719777">watered down version</a> of the energy bill that the House of Representatives passed last week.<span> </span>The oil and gas industry, and their allies in the Senate to whom they’ve given millions in campaign contributions, kept their billions in tax giveaways; while investment in alternative energy sources was deferred. <br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.publicampaign.org/blog/2007/12/14/oil-money-trumps-energy-policy">read more</a></p> http://www.publicampaign.org/blog/2007/12/14/oil-money-trumps-energy-policy#comment Big Oiil campaign contributions Congress Fair Elections Now Act senate Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:10:36 -0500 Katie Schlieper 42072 at http://www.publicampaign.org