Cornyn Leads Nation In Donations From Oil And Gas Industry
Vince Leibowitz | Aug 27, 2008 | Comments 1
The Houston Chronicle reports that U.S. Senator John Cornyn is raking in dough from the oil and gas industry:
Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn — a top congressional proponent of expanded domestic drilling for more oil to lower gasoline prices — is among the nation’s largest recipients of political donations from the oil and gas industry.
In fact, among the top seven federal candidates financed by the oil industry this year, Cornyn is the only one who was not seeking the presidency.
This should really come as no surprise. Cornyn’s been beholden to the energy industry for years, and was in Enron’s hip pocket, taking more money from the company than any other politician in Texas and covering the company’s ass as Attorney General.
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’t as bad as they may seem. Cornyn is acting scared. He’s spending like mad, shelling out about twice what he took in the past quarter. He needed Karl Rove’s help to raise some of it. Cornyn alsoleads the nation in donations from the oil and gas industry. Let’s not forget gas was $1.50 a gallon when Cornyn was elected. Do you think McCain’s voting record is bad?The bland but extremely conservative Cornyn is worse, voting for Bush’s position 97% of the time -
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