GOP Energy Chair Received Last-Minute Big Oil Donations After Hinting Oil Subsidies Could End

From ThinkProgress Fri Dec 7 2012, 13:30:12

Big Oil subsidies have maintained a relatively low profile during fiscal showdown negotiations. But there is some chance the oil industry's $4 billion annual subsidies could be on the chopping block in a deal. The first indication Republicans may possibly budge, after repeatedly blocking votes on the issue, came late in the election when House [...]

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