Fracking Industry Lavishes Contributions On Congressmen
by The National Memo on Nov 26, 2013 | Views: 546 | Score: 4
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by The National Memo on Nov 26, 2013 | Views: 546 | Score: 4
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On November 20, the House of Representatives passed a bill preventing regualtion of hydraulic fracturing, better known as 'fracking'. As Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) reports, the fracking industry has donated $12.8 million in campaign contributions to the congressmembers who voted in favor of the bill, and just $1.5 million to the congressmembers who voted against it.