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Industry Gushed Money After Reversal on Drilling
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Last Edited | ArmyDem Jul 27, 2008 09:52am |
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Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
News Date | Sunday, July 27, 2008 03:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | By Matthew Mosk
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, July 27, 2008; Page A10
Campaign contributions from oil industry executives to Sen. John McCain rose dramatically in the last half of June, after the senator from Arizona made a high-profile split with environmentalists and reversed his opposition to the federal ban on offshore drilling.
Oil and gas industry executives and employees donated $1.1 million to McCain last month -- three-quarters of which came after his June 16 speech calling for an end to the ban -- compared with $116,000 in March, $283,000 in April and $208,000 in May.
McCain said the policy reversal came as a response to rising voter anger over soaring energy prices. At the time, about three-quarters of voters responding to a Washington Post-ABC News poll said prices at the pump were causing them financial hardship, the highest in surveys this decade. |
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