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.
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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.