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Since the Dilly, Dally, Delay & Stall Law Firms are adding their billable hours, the Toyota U.S.A. and Route 44 Toyota posts have been separated here:

Route 44 Toyota Sold Me A Lemon



Monday, May 24, 2010

Gas and Oil Lobbying Strength

BP Enjoys Lobbying Strength, Close Ties to Lawmakers as Federal Investigation Looms

During the 2008 election cycle, individuals and political action committees associated with BP -- a Center for Responsive Politics' "heavy hitter" -- contributed half a million dollars to federal candidates. About 40 percent of these donations went to Democrats. The top recipient of BP-related donations during the 2008 cycle was President Barack Obama himself, who collected $71,000.

BP regularly lobbies on Capitol Hill, as well. In 2009, the company spent a massive $16 million to influence legislation. During the first quarter of 2010, it spent $3.53 million on federal lobbying efforts, ranking it second (behind ConocoPhillips) among all oil and gas industry interests.



Top Contributors, 2009-2010

Rank Organization Amount Dems Repubs Source

1 Koch Industries $643,250 16% 84%
2 Exxon Mobil $510,864 14% 86%
3 Chevron Corp $440,629 19% 81%
4 Valero Energy $402,000 18% 82%
5 Marathon Oil $353,690 23% 76%
6 Occidental Petroleum $303,500 21% 79%
7 Williams Companies $260,500 28% 72%
8 Chesapeake Energy $228,480 57% 43%
9 American Gas Assn $225,750 43% 57%
10 Anadarko Petroleum $221,150 22% 78%
11 Devon Energy $220,870 12% 87%
12 ConocoPhillips $199,697 29% 71%
13 Plains Exploration & Production $154,700 23% 76%
14 Mewbourne Oil Co $150,500 6% 94%
15 Bass Brothers Enterprises $145,215 40% 60%
16 Society of Indep Gasoline Marketers $133,500 63% 37%
17 Tesoro Petroleum $130,133 53% 47%
18 Pilot Corp $125,000 6% 94%
19 AGL Resources $124,500 58% 41%
20 Enterprise Products Partners $123,250 12% 88%



Top 20 Recipients

Rank Candidate Office Amount
1 Lincoln, Blanche (D-AR) Senate $286,400
2 Vitter, David (R-LA) Senate $242,600
3 Murkowski, Lisa (R-AK) Senate $209,826
4 White, Bill (D-TX) $184,303
5 Jones, Elizabeth Ames (R-TX) $168,750
6 Boren, Dan (D-OK) House $139,700
7 Bennett, Robert F (R-UT) Senate $138,400
8 Blunt, Roy (R-MO) House $133,100
9 Cornyn, John (R-TX) Senate $130,525
10 Specter, Arlen (D-PA) Senate $130,400
11 Portman, Rob (R-OH) $125,108
12 Edwards, Chet (D-TX) House $123,630
13 Conaway, Mike (R-TX) House $116,950
14 Pearce, Steve (R-NM) $108,900
15 Coburn, Tom (R-OK) Senate $105,100
16 Hoeven, John (R-ND) $101,350
17 Barton, Joe (R-TX) House $100,470
18 Dorgan, Byron L (D-ND) Senate $92,950
19 Thune, John (R-SD) Senate $91,140
20 Cantor, Eric (R-VA) House $87,000

Total for Oil & Gas: $38,398,838
Total Number of Clients Reported: 150
Total Number of Lobbyists Reported: 611

ConocoPhillips $6,408,978
BP $3,530,000
Exxon Mobil $3,390,000
Chevron Corp $3,090,000
Royal Dutch Shell $2,320,000
Koch Industries $1,950,000
Marathon Oil $1,380,000
Williams Companies $1,340,000
Anadarko Petroleum $1,320,000
American Petroleum Institute $1,260,000

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