Oil & Gas: Top Contributors
Election cycle: 2000
Total contributed: $32,727,075
Contributions from individuals: $10,440,655
Contributions from PACs: $6,706,968
Soft money contributions: $15,579,452
Rank |
Organization |
Amount |
Dems |
Repubs |
1 | Enron Corp | $2,422,848 |
28% |
72% |
2 | Exxon Mobil Corp | $1,372,280 |
10% |
89% |
3 | BP Amoco Corp | $1,336,924 |
30% |
70% |
4 | Koch Industries | $1,093,956 |
10% |
90% |
5 | Chevron Corp | $1,083,827 |
28% |
72% |
6 | El Paso Energy | $837,380 |
6% |
94% |
7 | Usx Corp | $793,817 |
18% |
82% |
8 | Coastal Corp | $684,615 |
31% |
69% |
9 | American Gas Assn | $626,725 |
45% |
55% |
10 | Occidental Petroleum | $553,876 |
40% |
60% |
11 | Texaco | $497,207 |
25% |
75% |
12 | Catamount Petroleum | $465,600 |
0% |
100% |
13 | Anadarko Petroleum | $448,529 |
2% |
98% |
14 | Phillips Petroleum | $437,444 |
7% |
92% |
15 | Davis Companies | $430,500 |
99% |
1% |
16 | Halliburton Co | $425,188 |
2% |
98% |
17 | Ashland Inc | $400,025 |
9% |
90% |
18 | Sunoco Inc | $396,861 |
20% |
80% |
19 | Dynegy Inc | $372,550 |
18% |
82% |
20 | Kerr-McGee Corp | $368,800 |
8% |
92% |
-- Cherri (jessam5@home.com), April 09, 2001
Answers
Interesting, but you should give the source. Bottom line to me is "so what?"
-- Lars (larsguy@yahoo.com), April 09, 2001.
WOW, look at those percentages for the Repugnants. It's no wonder they don't care about pollution or global warming.
-- (profit@before.people), April 09, 2001.
The Streisand Democrats, soft money
-- (Paracelsus@Pb.Au), April 09, 2001.
Yeah, it's terrible that actors and musicians have so much influence over politics. We might all die from too much music and movies!
-- be scared! (actors@are.evil!), April 09, 2001.
Be scared! You will die without heat in the winter. Frankly I can do with a little less Babs.
-- Maria (anon@ymous.com), April 09, 2001.
Maria: Frankly I can do with a little less Babs.We agree on something. This happened before once on a discussion regarding circumcision, but it's rare.
I've never been a fan of Barbra's music OR her movies. Like anyone else, however, she has a right to write the Congress, donate money, etc. Like one poster mentioned, I can't see how her opinions or money will come back to her in political favors. Might legislation be introduced demanding everyone to watch X number of Barbra movies, or listen to her music? I think not.
-- Anita (Anita_S3@hotmail.com), April 09, 2001.
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