The Fossil Fuel Industry Is Spending Millions to Help Republicans Take Control of Congress
A new Sludge analysis finds that Big Oil and fossil fuel industry donors have showered more than $34 million on the super PACs tied to Republican leaders in Congress.
Donors in the fossil fuel industry have already contributed more to the two giant super PACs aligned with Republican congressional leaders in the 2023-24 election cycle than they did in the entire 2019-20 cycle, according to a Sludge analysis of Federal Election Commission data.
For this year's contests, multimillion-dollar donations from Big Oil companies and their lobby groups have been pouring into the Senate Leadership Fund (SLF), the outside spending group closely tied to Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), and the Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF), which is aligned with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). The GOP is campaigning to win back control of the Senate and hold a majority in the House.
