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Almost 50 groups representing everything from oil companies to American Jews have stepped up their Washington spending as the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline proves to be a bonanza for lobbyists.
The American Petroleum Institute, a Washington-based oil industry trade group, increased its lobbying spending on all issues, including Keystone, to $2.1 million in the first three months of the year from $1.8 million during the same period a year earlier, Senate records show. The American Jewish Committee lobbying costs rose to $40,000 from $30,000.
They are among 48 groups that disclosed in filings last week that they were lobbying on Calgary-based TransCanada Corp. (TRP)s proposed $5.3 billion pipeline, which would bring oil derived from tar sands in Alberta, Canada, to the U.S. Gulf Coast. Others include construction equipment manufacturers such as Deere & Co. (DE), labor unions such as the Laborers International Union of North America, and environmental groups such as the League of Conservation Voters -- and the government of Canada.
Because its such a high-profile issue and it has such symbolism, its become a full-employment program for K Street, said Bill Allison, editorial director at the Sunlight Foundation, a Washington-based watchdog. Many lobbyists have offices on K Street in the District of Columbia.
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Orrex
(63,083 posts)Why did Bloomberg single out the Jews?
cali
(114,904 posts)OP posted it.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)given that referring to "the Jews" frequently carries anti-Semitic connotations.
Orrex
(63,083 posts)Weird weird weird.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)I get that the "labor" groups would push for it as well as the petroleum related groups, but why would a Jewish lobby push for an oil sand pipeline? It just goes to show how screwed up money and lobbyists are these days and to what lengths they'll go.
Orrex
(63,083 posts)In that case, I think that the point would have been served with the headline "Keystone Pipeline Enlists Aid of Vast Range of Lobbyists."
Really strange choice by the author and the editor.
cali
(114,904 posts)Purveyor
(29,876 posts)Bloomberg was thinking.