House Energy Committee Has Become a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Oil Billionaire Koch Brothers

[Swede]

But while no one was looking, oil billionaires David and Charles Koch — behind-the-scenes funders of the tea party astroturf mobs — and their front group, Americans for Prosperity spent a little over $41 million during the election, quietly buying dozens of members of Congress, lock, stock and barrel.

Since the elections, the Kochs have taken control of their latest acquisition — the House of Representatives. Their first order of business was to populate the House Energy Committee — which regulates their core business — with members of Congress beholden to them.

http://www.pensitoreview.com/2011/02/08/house-energy-committee-wholly-owned-by-koch-brothers/

[Vinnie From Indy]

1. The amazing thing is the low price tag of Congressional Committees

These boys merely had to throw a few fractions of a percent of the wealth they earn in a year and they have bright, shiny new Congresional committee!

[Sal Minella]

2. National Public Radio covered this story -- 21 of the thirty-some

members on the Energy Committee are now recipients of Things-Go-Better-With-Koch largesse.

Edit: Correction: 22 of the Committee's 31 Republicans.

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$279,500 to 22 of the committee’s 31 Republicans, and $32,000 to five Democrats.
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I found the Pensito Review article well worth reading.
The arrogance of the Koch boys is beyond believable.