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BP's Influence Peddling Bears Fruit In Congress

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.12.2012

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As millions of barrels of oil began pouring into the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010, Democratic lawmakers began asking the question: what was the proper...

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BP Shares Tumble After U.S. Brings Lawsuit

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON — Shares in BP PLC are down by 2.8 percent after the U.S. Justice Department announced it was suing the oil company and several other fir...

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Liability Cap Fight May Sink Senate Spill Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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Top Senators argued Wednesday over whether oil firms should have to pay for all spill-related damages, and whether that requirement should be applied ...

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GOP's Oil-Spill Liability Bill Would Have BP Only Paying $150 Million

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Under the leading Republican plan for BP's post-spill economic liability, those affected would receive potentially as little as $150 million due to th...

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Sen. Menendez Scores Important Victory In Lifting BP's Liability Cap

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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After weeks of inaction and Republican obstruction, Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) finally scored a victory on Wednesday when a Senate committee approv...

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Maritime Laws Protect BP, Not Gulf Coast Residents

Anthony Tarricone | Posted 05.25.2011

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The corporations involved in this spill have clearly demonstrated that they cannot be counted on to police themselves.

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GOP Outraged By 'Shakedown' BP Escrow Account, Apologizes To CEO

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Republicans on the Hill have calculated that President Obama's successful demand that BP set up a $20 billion escrow account to pay out claims is ripe...

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Obama To Demand BP Create Liability Account For Spill Claims

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hoping to make progress on the issue of retroactive liability for the oil spill, The White House is set to demand that executives at BP set up an acco...

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Dorgan: Exxon Valdez Legacy Looms Over BP Liability Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The lessons of the Exxon Valdez disaster have made members of Congress increasingly insecure about the promises made by BP to cover the total cost of ...

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Obama's Support For Unlimited Oil Spill Liability May Not Include BP: Congressman

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Congressional officials are worried that despite the White House's endorsement of unlimited liability for oil companies involved in damaging spills, a...

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Gulf Oil Spill: Many Federal Judges Have Links To Oil Industry

AP | CURT ANDERSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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MIAMI — More than half of the federal judges in districts where the bulk of Gulf oil spill-related lawsuits are pending have financial connectio...

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Gulf Oil Spill: Frustration Mounts As Congress Can't Even Get BP's Liability Cap Raised

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's been more than three weeks since Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) unveiled a proposal to raise the liability cap to $10 billion for oil companies in...

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Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago Law Firm, To Represent BP In Oil Spill Case

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

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Facing billions of dollars in potential compensation to victims, BP PLC, owner of the ruptured well spewing oil in the Gulf, has turned to Chicago's K...

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