Fossil Fuel and Finance Donors Pour Millions Into House GOP War Chest
Speaker Mike Johnson’s record haul in Q1 was powered by big checks from billionaire donors—and a new donation from Peter Thiel.
Speaker Mike Johnson’s record haul in Q1 was powered by big checks from billionaire donors—and a new donation from Peter Thiel.
Oil and gas trade group the American Petroleum Institute released a policy roadmap that will drill, frack, and flare.
Donors including Chevron and ConocoPhillips have donated a record sum in the 2024 cycle to the giant spending groups tied to Sen. Mitch McConnell and Speaker Mike Johnson.
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.
Oil and gas companies and big business trade associations were among those keeping up donations after Manchin announced he would not run for re-election.
A coalition of companies like Cargill and Chevron hired new lobbyists as it works to convince policymakers that so-called "renewable natural gas" should get government subsidies.
Manchin added a bill rider in July supporting the fossil fuel industry’s position on a major “clean hydrogen” tax credit after his longtime confidante Larry Puccio was hired to lobby by a gas company seeking the benefits.
Oil and gas companies are deploying revolving door lobbyists to shape tens of billions in tax credits for hydrogen fuel.
Republican lawmakers who wrote bills that were wrapped into the H.R. 1 energy package own stock in Marathon Oil, Chevron, and family-held oil and gas drilling operations.
Fossil fuel industry donors like Chevron poured $27 million into the super PAC that helped Republicans take control of the House in the midterms.