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BP plc[2] is a British global energy company which is the third largest global energy company and the fourth largest company in the world. As a multinational oil company ("oil major") BP is the UK's largest corporation, with its headquarters in St James's, City of Westminster, London.[3][4][5] BP America's headquarters is in the Two Westlake Park in the Energy Corridor area of Houston, Texas. The company is among the largest private sector energy corporations in the world, and one of the six "supermajors" (vertically integrated private sector oil exploration, natural gas, and petroleum product marketing companies).[6] The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
Originally posted by endisnighe
We have been hearing that Obama received the most from BP.
Here is a few articles on this.
Obama biggest recipient of BP cash
[edit on 5/23/2010 by endisnighe]
BP and its employees have given more than $3.5 million to federal candidates over the past 20 years, with the largest chunk of their money going to Obama, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Donations come from a mix of employees and the company’s political action committees — $2.89 million flowed to campaigns from BP-related PACs and about $638,000 came from individuals.
Read more: www.politico.com...
However, Congress voted in 2008 to lift a ban on offshore drilling. These companies are also wary of cap-and-trade climate change legislation, such as the measure Democratic President Barack Obama supports. Yet Obama still received $884,000 from the oil and gas industry during the 2008 campaign, more than any other lawmaker except his Republican opponent, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).
Originally posted by maybereal11
Originally posted by endisnighe
We have been hearing that Obama received the most from BP.
Here is a few articles on this.
Obama biggest recipient of BP cash
[edit on 5/23/2010 by endisnighe]
And from that article...
BP and its employees have given more than $3.5 million to federal candidates over the past 20 years, with the largest chunk of their money going to Obama, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Donations come from a mix of employees and the company’s political action committees — $2.89 million flowed to campaigns from BP-related PACs and about $638,000 came from individuals.
Read more: www.politico.com...
From the Center for Responsive Politics..the place the article sites..
However, Congress voted in 2008 to lift a ban on offshore drilling. These companies are also wary of cap-and-trade climate change legislation, such as the measure Democratic President Barack Obama supports. Yet Obama still received $884,000 from the oil and gas industry during the 2008 campaign, more than any other lawmaker except his Republican opponent, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).
Please provide link to above, I cannot find the where you are getting this.
Here are the top 20 industries that contributed to the Obama Campaign...And Oil and Gas is not on it...Again from the same source Politico cited..
That only gives the top 20, where the lowest was $2,915,255
www.opensecrets.org...
John McCain had Oil and gas at #11
www.opensecrets.org...
Here are the Presidential candidates ranked by how much they recieved from the oil and gas industry...Obama at less than a Million, McCain at over 2 Million
www.opensecrets.org...
Here is BPs PAC Summary..
www.opensecrets.org...
* So when Politico says that over 2 million went to Obama from BP in the election cycle and cites the Center for Responsive Politics...i am confused because I know that org well and use the website regulary to see who is getting payola for thier votes and have searched all over their site and can't find anything remotely close to those numbers from BP to Obama?
If you can help me find where politico came up with those numbers I'd be much appreciated.
Coded $284,930,288 (73%)
Uncoded $103,353,467 (27%)
Total $388,283,755
Female 42.2% 140068 $145,907,470
Male 57.8% 179638 $199,743,442
Total $345,650,912
Individual contributions $656,357,572 88% (Notice above comparatively)
PAC contributions $1,830 0%
Candidate self-financing $0 0%
Federal Funds $0 0%
Other $88,626,223 12%
Obama declined public financing and the spending limits that came with it, making him the first major-party candidate since the system was created to reject taxpayers' money for the general election.
We know less about people who stayed at $200 or below because $201 is the trigger for FEC disclosure. Obama's staff says that more than 3 million people contributed to his campaign. We cannot verify this number independently but we consider it to be plausible. Since about $156 million of Obama's funds as of Oct. 15 had come from donors whose contributions had not broken the $200 disclosure threshold (see Table 1), accepting the staff's statement (and subtracting the number of disclosed donors) would mean that an estimated 2.5 million undisclosed donors gave a cumulative average of about $62 each. This figure is consistent with the amount CFI has calculated for the typical undisclosed donor in past elections and is also consistent with survey research. Obama's innovation would not be in the amount he raised from each small donor, but in the number of such people he was able to reach. His 2.5 million small donors would be in the same general range as CFI's published estimate for the number of small donors who gave to all candidates combined in 2004 (anywhere from 2.0 to 2.8 million).
Originally posted by endisnighe
I noticed you are bringing McCain into the mix. I thought this was about the BP donations, not the industry donation totals. As far as Open Secrets is concerned, look at my next comment.
Originally posted by endisnighe
ol Sleaze Ball Barry .....
Take a good look at ol Sleaze Ball Barry's....
Conclusion-ol Sleaze Ball Barry ....
.....of ol Sleaze Ball Barry's donations.
[edit on 5/26/2010 by endisnighe]