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1) Rick Santorum's committees accepted more money from lobbyists last year than any other member of Congress.
"The Bankrollers: Lobbyists’ Payments to the Lawmakers They Court," Public Citizen, May 22, 2006
"Lobbyists: Top 20 Recipients 2006," Center for Responsive Politics web site
2) No wonder Santorum voted to give billions in special tax breaks to oil companies.
Roll Call 213, H.R. 6, July 29, 2005
"How Those Big Bucks End Up In Big Oil's Pockets," Washington Post, Aug 7, 2005
"...In recent months, oil company profits have soared again as internation crude prices have hit new highs. Yet the reaction of the American public has been more muted. And that has probably emboldened Congress -- which, instead of investigating oil companies, just handed them (by various estimates) anywhere from $1.4 billion to $4 billion in tax breaks in the new energy bill."
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