Campaign finance laws allow the oil and gas industry to help elect candidates who support efforts to undermine environmental protections, drive pro-industry legislation and secure tax- payer subsidies to the industry.- The oil and gas industry spent more than $103 million in the 2016 election to elect sympathetic candidates to office. Eighty eight percent went to help elect Republican candidates.
- The industry spent over $119 million on lobbying and employed 722 registered lobbyists in 2016. Enough to easily cover each member of Congress with a personal oil and gas lobbyist.
- The American Petroleum Institute, the largest and most influential oil and gas trade association, increased its lobby spending by 75 percent in the first quarter of 2017.
- In its first 100 days of 2017, Congress recorded 42 anti-environmental votes.
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Add your voices to the millions calling on our leaders to get corporate money out of politics today!
I am deeply concerned about the massive influence that oil and gas companies have over our political system.
The oil and gas industry spent more than $103 million in the 2016 election to elect sympathetic candidates to office.
The industry spent over $119 million on lobbying and employed 722 registered lobbyists in 2016. Enough to easily cover each member of Congress with a personal oil and gas lobbyist.
The American Petroleum Institute, the largest and most influential oil and gas trade association, increased its lobby spending by 75 percent in the first quarter of 2017.
Not coincidentally, in its first 100 days of 2017, Congress recorded 42 anti-environmental votes.
I call on our elected leaders to get corporate money out of politics, restore limits on campaign contributions and spending, and require disclosure of all campaign contributions.
The oil and gas industry spent more than $103 million in the 2016 election to elect sympathetic candidates to office.
The industry spent over $119 million on lobbying and employed 722 registered lobbyists in 2016. Enough to easily cover each member of Congress with a personal oil and gas lobbyist.
The American Petroleum Institute, the largest and most influential oil and gas trade association, increased its lobby spending by 75 percent in the first quarter of 2017.
Not coincidentally, in its first 100 days of 2017, Congress recorded 42 anti-environmental votes.
I call on our elected leaders to get corporate money out of politics, restore limits on campaign contributions and spending, and require disclosure of all campaign contributions.
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