Domenici is not up for re-election this year, but he has still collected more than $350,000 from energy-related interests. Energy utilities rank first, third, fifth and sixth on his list of contributors. In 2002, the last year he was on the ballot, energy interests were his heaviest contributors; he was the energy sector's fourth favorite congressional candidate that year.";
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D-N.M.
Ranking member on the Energy Committee
Bingaman is up for re-election this year, but he has collected less from energy interests than his Republican counterpart, Pete Domenici, who isn’t. His top 10 contributors include only one energy or utility organization; the sector is his fourth-largest contributor, behind the legal, financial and health sectors. ";
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R-Alaska
Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, which oversees regulation of consumer products and services, transportation and technology research and development.
Stevens is not up for re-election this year, but he is one of the most prolific fund-raisers in Congress, and even though he has collected nearly a quarter-million dollars from energy-related interests, the sector is not among his five largest donors. In 2002, the last year he was on the ballot, it was fifth. He received nothing from environmental or conservation groups.";
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D-Hawaii
Ranking member on the Commerce Committee
Inouye is not up for re-election this year. In 2004, the last year he was on the ballot, energy-related donations made up less than 4 percent of his PAC contributions. ";
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R-Okla.
Chairman of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, which oversees environmental and conservation policies that have a significant impact on energy production and use.
Inhofe is not on the ballot this year, but he has still collected more than $560,000 from energy and utility companies, who rank 1 through 4 on his list of top donors. Donations from environmental or conservation causes make up less than 1 percent of his PAC receipts.";
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I-Vt.
Ranking member on the Environment Committee
Jeffords is retiring at the end of this term. His energy-related contributions have totaled only $7,350 this year.";
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R-Texas
Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, which has wide-ranging oversight of national energy policy, research and development.
Barton is the top recipient of energy-related money in the House, as he was in 2004, and second in all of Congress behind only Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa. Utilities and oil and gas groups are Nos. 2 and 3 on his list of contributors.";
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D-Mich.
Ranking member on the Energy Committee
Dingell has raised $75,000 from energy-related concerns, making them his third-largest contributors. Most of that, however, is from the utilities sector; although Dingell has fought increased mandatory fuel efficiency standards, he is also a leader on environmental issues, and both the oil and gas and the automotive industries are far down the list of his contributors. ";
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R-Calif.
Chairman of the Resources Committee, which oversees mining, petroleum conservation and the Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline.
Having taken in $139,000, Pombo is the energy sector's fourth-favorite member of the House.";
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D-W.Va.
Ranking member on the Resources Committee
Occupant of one of the safer Democratic seats in the House, Rahall has not raised large amounts of money from any sector. Energy concerns have donated $4,500 to his re-election; total receipts for his entire campaign, $238,000, are less than the $281,000 that Energy Chairman Joe Barton of Texas has raised from the energy sector alone.";
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D-La.
Member of the Energy Committee
Landrieu is exhibit No. 1 for how energy contributions do not fall along party lines. She represents Louisiana and its coastal and off-shore drilling industry, and she was one of only four Democrats to cross party lines and vote to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling. Landrieu has raised almost $600,000 from energy interests this year, even though she is not on the ballot. In 2002, the last year she ran, she was the second-favorite lawmaker in Congress among energy-related donors.";
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D-Neb.
Member of the Commerce Committee
By contrast, even though he was another Democrat who voted to open ANWR, Nelson does not represent an energy-heavy state, and his vote has not paid off with energy concerns, who are far down the list of Nelson's list of donors for his re-election campaign this year. "; // END editorial data