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Oil hits $103 a barrel, yet Porter and Heller vote this week to protect Big Oil |
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 Oil hits $103 a barrel, yet Porter and Heller vote this week to protect Big Oil
Today, as the price of oil hit $103 a barrel and Nevadans continue to
face the nation’s worst foreclosure rate and economic uncertainty, Jon
Porter and Dean Heller continue to put their friends in Big Oil ahead
of their constituents.
Porter and Heller had the opportunity to end the excessive tax breaks
given to Big Oil companies this week by voting for the Renewable Energy
and Energy Conservation Tax Act (H.R. 5351). But Porter, who has
received nearly $210,000 in donations from oil and gas companies, and
Heller, who has received $24,000 from oil and gas companies, voted
against the bill http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll084.xml.
“Nevadans are facing the possibility of record gas prices and an unsure
economy, yet Jon Porter and Dean Heller still side with Big Oil over
the families in their districts,” said Kirsten Searer, deputy executive
director of the Nevada Democratic Party.
“ExxonMobil reported earning $40.6 billion in 2007 — the most profit
ever reported in American history — and gas in Nevada is topping $3 a
gallon at the pump. Porter and Heller support Big Oil, and in turn the
industry continues to pump money into their campaign coffers. Porter
and Heller should get their priorities straight and put constituents
before donors.”
The Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act will extend and
expand tax credits to promote renewable energy production from wind,
solar, geothermal and other resources as well as for plug-in hybrid
cars, and energy efficient homes, buildings, and appliances. The bill
would create and protect hundreds of thousands of jobs and provide
clean energy that will decrease our dependence on foreign oil.
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