A year after spill, BP gives political contributions to GOP leaders [View All]

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http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/156821-a-year-after-spill-bp-gives-political-contributions-to-gop-leaders

BP has broken a moratorium on political giving by making contributions to Speaker John Boehner and other GOP leaders nearly a year after a devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

BP Corp. North America gave $5,000 contributions to Boehner (R-Ohio) and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) through its political action committee, according to a campaign finance report filed with the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday.

The contributions mark BP’s re-entry into the realm of political giving since a BP well exploded on April 20, 2010, spilling nearly 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.

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House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) also received $5,000 contributions from BP North America’s political action committee.