Fossil Fuel Donors Give Record Amount to Congressional GOP Super PACs 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.
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.
Billionaires Fund the GOP’s Senate Takeover Attempt, With Tax Cuts at Stake In Montana and other Senate battlegrounds, super PACs backing Republicans have been heavily funded by finance billionaires Stephen Schwarzman, Ken Griffin, and others.
Pfizer Spends Big on IP Lobbying With Billions on the Line The pharmaceutical giant spent big bucks amid key international negotiations last year to protect record earnings.
Senators Against Generic Covid-19 Vaccines Have Gotten 2x Pharma Cash A group of Republican senators sought to block U.S. support for an IP waiver for Covid-19 vaccines, a proposal that is strongly opposed by the pharmaceutical industry.
Senators Cling to Fossil Fuel Stocks as World Heats Up More than one in four senators is invested in the fossil fuel industry as the Senate strips major climate programs from the reconciliation bill.