Breakdown of how the Resource Extracting Industries (oil and gas, mining, electric utilities, chemical manufacturers, and timber) have made campaign contributions, what they got and how voters paid fo

Business is booming for oil and gas interests in Colorado. In 2002, it is estimated that oil and gas companies in Colorado will extract a record $2 billion worth of oil and gas out of the ground.

Paybacks: Policies, Patrons, and Personnel Study shows strong correlation between big corporate contributions to the Bush-Cheney campaign and Republican National Committee (RNC) and Bush administra

• Number of top 100 Bush Administration officials who were either affiliated with or had professional/economic interests in the energy indust
  
  

• Percentage of Sen. Frank Murkowski’s (R-AK) campaign funds that come from the energy industry: 37.