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Oil companies doled out big donations in California climate bill fight
By Jessica Calefati, bayareanewsgroup.com
SACRAMENTO -- Oil companies that convinced California lawmakers last year to abandon part of a landmark bill to fight climate change donated more than $250,000 to their campaigns for re-election in the second half of 2015 -- with more money going to Democrats than Republicans.
Since the state Senate bars its members from accepting campaign checks in the final weeks of the legislative session, a large share of the money went to lawmakers in the state Assembly, with five assemblymembers receiving more than $10,000 each from Chevron, Exxon and Tesoro, campaign finance statements show.
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http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_29461805/oil-companies-doled-out-big-donations-climate-bill
SACRAMENTO -- Oil companies that convinced California lawmakers last year to abandon part of a landmark bill to fight climate change donated more than $250,000 to their campaigns for re-election in the second half of 2015 -- with more money going to Democrats than Republicans.
Since the state Senate bars its members from accepting campaign checks in the final weeks of the legislative session, a large share of the money went to lawmakers in the state Assembly, with five assemblymembers receiving more than $10,000 each from Chevron, Exxon and Tesoro, campaign finance statements show.
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http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_29461805/oil-companies-doled-out-big-donations-climate-bill
This is why we can't have nice things...