Tiahrt, T Rep
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<p style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Koch Industries is the single largest oil company contributor to both Republican and Democratic candidates for Congress</span>. These contributions total $1,065,750 to the 110th US Congress (as of the third quarter), the largest of which has been to Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-KS) for $42,950. Rep. Tiahrt, for his part, has consistently voted with the oil industry on energy, war and climate bills.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="external autonumber" rel="nofollow" title="http://www.followtheoilmoney.org" href="http://www.followtheoilmoney.org/">[6]</a></p>
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Contributions like this from fossil fuel companies to members of Congress are often seen as a political barrier to pursuing clean energy. More information on oil industry contributions to Congress can be found at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="external text" rel="nofollow" title="http://www.followtheoilmoney.org" href="http://www.followtheoilmoney.org/">FollowtheOilMoney.org</a>, a project created by the nonpartisan, nonprofit organization<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="external text" rel="nofollow" title="http://www.priceofoil.org" href="http://www.priceofoil.org/">Oil Change International</a>.
Koch Industries gave $948,000 to federal candidates in the 05/06 election cycle through its<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="Political action committee" href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Political_action_committee">political action committee</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(PAC) - 17% to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="mw-redirect" title="Democrats" href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Democrats">Democrats</a>, 82% to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="Republican Party (USA)" href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Republican_Party_%28USA%29">Republicans</a>.<a title="" href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Koch_Industries#cite_note-15"><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15">[16]</sup></a></p>