Elected Officials Bought Off by the Oil and Gas Lobby:

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Elected Officials Bought Off by the Oil and Gas Lobby:

- Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) has taken $363,950
- Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) has taken more than $200,000
- Gov. Haley Barbour (R-MS) has taken $1.8 million
- Rudy Giuliani (R-NY) has taken $609,358
- Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) has taken $385,500
- Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) has taken $1,448,380
- Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) has taken $426,989
- Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) has taken $16.7 million
- The 2008 McCain/Palin campaign took $2.4 million

Check Out How Much BP has been spending:

- In 2009, BP’s Lobby spent $16 million
- In the first quarter of 2010, BP’s Lobby spent $3.5 million

The entire Oil & Gas Lobby:
- In 2009, the entire Oil & Gas Lobby spent $174 MILLION

Since this "mishap" BP has has 26 events for congress ---- Rep Markey at the end of the hearing told us in his summation that the American people get 'nada' for the mineral rights in the Gulf or anywhere else from any oil company! Surprised! Not more than I am.