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Oil and Gas Subsidies

Lucia Graves

Sanders, Ellison Unveil Legislation To End Fossil Fuel Subsidies

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.10.2012 | Green
Read More: Taxpayer Subsidies, Oil and Gas Subsidies, May Boeve, 350.Org, Friends of the Earth, Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Taxpayers for Common Sense, Oil, Keith Ellison, Bernie Sanders, Natural Gas, Rep. Keith Ellison, Bill Mckibben, Coal, Senator Bernie Sanders, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Progressive lawmakers Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) teamed up on Thursday to introduce legislation design...

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Elise Foley

Bernie Sanders: 'Tell The President Not To Yield One Inch' On Debt Deal

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 08.27.2011 | Politics
Read More: Oil and Gas Subsidies, Treasury Department, Deficit, Video, Social Security, Debt Ceiling, Debt Limit, Debt Deal, Bernie Sanders Debt, Bernie Sanders, Medicare, Medicaid, Bipartisan Debt Talks, Bush Tax Cuts, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- It wasn't quite a "fili-Bernie," but Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in a 10,000-word speech on the Senate floor launched a campaign Monday ...

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Dan Froomkin

Republicans Who Opposed Oil Subsidies Are Now Hedging On Repeal

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 07.13.2011 | Politics
Read More: Oil and Gas Subsidies, Susan Collins, Elections 2012, 112th Congress, John Thune, Oil and Gas Industry, John Boehner, Video, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Democrats trying to get political mileage out of their push to repeal multi-billion dollar subsidies to the thriving oil and gas industr...

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Dan Froomkin

Democratic Senator Calls Big Oil Execs Selfish, Unfeeling -- And Unbeatable

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 07.12.2011 | Politics
Read More: Oil and Gas Subsidies, Bp, Video, Jay Rockefeller, Oil Industry, Oil and Gas Industry, Conocophillips, Oil Subsidies, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Shell, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The unapologetic -- indeed combative -- testimony on Thursday by top oil executives summoned to defend multi-billion tax subsidies for t...

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The Bin Laden Bounce: How Will Obama Use This Moment of Unexpected Unity?

Arianna Huffington | Posted 07.04.2011 | Politics
Read More: Oil and Gas Subsidies, Energy, Oil and Gas, Osama Bin Laden Death, Barack Obama, Oil Subsidies, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News
Arianna Huffington

Coming at a time in which the country is all but paralyzed politically, there is tremendous spillover power in this accomplishment. Can this real and tangible victory produce conditions that can lead to more successes?

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Dan Froomkin

Dems Craft Bill To Reclaim Billions From Big Oil

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 06.28.2011 | Politics
Read More: Oil and Gas Subsidies, Gas & Oil, Max Baucus, Gas Prices, Oil Industry, John Boehner, President Obama, Politics News

Seizing the moment, Senate Democrats are working on legislation that would reclaim billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies to Big Oil and redirect t...

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Dan Froomkin

Dems' Oil Subsidy Repeal Push Puts GOP On Defensive

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 06.27.2011 | Politics
Read More: Oil and Gas Subsidies, Gas Prices, Oil Industry, John Boehner, Earl Blumenauer, President Obama, Elections 2012, Harry Reid, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Democrats are gleefully charging ahead with a proposal to end multi-billion-dollar oil and gas subsidies, seeing an opportunity to redir...

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Dan Froomkin

GOP Over A Barrel: Obama Seeks Political Wedge As Oil Profits Soar

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 06.26.2011 | Politics
Read More: Oil and Gas Subsidies, Gas Prices, Oil Industry, John Boehner, American Petroleum Institute, Oil Subsidies, President Obama, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Both political parties are eager to harness the public’s growing, boiling rage over high gas prices. So far, Republicans must be pl...

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Lucia Graves

Some GOP Senators Become Unlikely Allies Of Green Groups In Fight To Gut Ethanol Subsidies

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Oil and Gas Subsidies, Nrdc, Senator Tom Coburn, Tom Coburn, Jim Demint, Ethanol Subsidies, Ethanol, Chuck Grassley, Senator Jim Demint, Senator Chuck Grassley, Sierra Club, Green News

WASHINGTON -- After being elected with a strong mandate to cut spending, all Republicans don't agree on how best to rein in the deficit -- and some ha...

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