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<h1 class="title-news" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 20px 0px 0px; border: 0px; overflow: visible; line-height: 36px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">===</font></h1><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2016/12/zinkes-nomination-bring-questions-super-pac-ties/">https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2016/12/zinkes-nomination-bring-questions-super-pac-ties/</a></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">
</font></div><div><div class="entry-content" style="margin: 5px 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><p style="padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">After much speculation about which oilman or pro-development donor would get the nod to run the Interior Department, multiple news sources have <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/12/13/trump-taps-montana-congressman-ryan-zinke-as-interior-secretary/#comments" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration: none;">reported</a> President-elect Donald Trump has picked Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke (R).</font></p><p style="padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Having been a U.S. Navy SEAL from 1986 to 2008 and a Montana state senator from 2009 to 2011, Zinke is a relative newcomer to the Washington political sphere.</font></p><p style="padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">But the freshman representative — who secured his second term last month — has already collected over <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cycle=Career&cid=N00035616&type=I" target="_blank" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration: none;">$10.5 million</a> in campaign contributions in his short federal career. Besides retired people, who have given him about <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/industries.php?cycle=Career&cid=N00035616&type=I" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration: none;">one-tenth</a> of his total, Zinke has received strong support from ideologically-driven conservative PACs and congressional leadership PACs, which have donated roughly $764,000 and $271,000 each.</font></p><p style="padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">A member of the<b> House Natural Resources Committee</b> and the Armed Services Committee, the Montana Republican has received at least<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> $345,000 from the oil and gas industry over the years. Fracking giant Oasis Petroleum is his second-biggest donor ($46,800), following Fidelity National Financial and Fidelity National Information Services, which together have given about $179,000.</span></font></p><p style="padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Oasis Petroleum, which owns a North Dakota well that <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-oasis-petroleum-spill-idUSKCN0SD2IO20151019" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration: none;">leaked</a> more than 67,000 gallons of crude oil last year and another that blew out and killed two workers in 2011, has been a major donor </b>for a number of <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">pro-industry lawmakers, including North Dakota Rep. <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cycle=Career&cid=N00004614&type=I" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration: none;">Kevin Cramer</a> (R). A key energy adviser to team Trump, Cramer has been a strong supporter of the hotly-contested Dakota Access Pipeline and the Keystone XL Pipeline. He donated $1,000 to Zinke’s campaign in late October.</span></font></p><p style="padding: 5px 0px; margin: 5px 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Little surprise, then, that Zinke seems to be in line with Trump and Trump’s other nominees in being friendly to fossil fuel development.</font></p></div></div>