Cheney Energy Task Force

BP's Oily Political Connections, From the Bush to Obama Era

Nikolas Kozloff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nikolas Kozloff

BP contributed $1.1 million to candidates in the 2000 election, most of which went to Republicans. Yet beneath the rhetoric and Obama does not emerge as any less oily than the GOP.

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Sam Stein

Obama Has Met At Least 27 Times With Private Health Care Industry Executives

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Barack Obama has hosted at least 27 meetings with some of the most influential private health-industry executives in the country in an effor...

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Salazar at the Interior Department: So Much at Stake

Frances Beinecke | Posted 05.25.2011

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Frances Beinecke

As Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar has to send a powerful signal that the era of unethical behavior and unchecked industry influence is over.

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