Contributions Connected to the Five Oil Companies Testifying Before the Senate Finance Committee

Includes total contributions from Big Oil companies and employees to current legislators.

Salem-News.com

(BERKELEY, Calif.) - The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on Thursday titled "Oil and Gas Tax Incentives and Rising Energy Prices."

The Democratic-controlled Senate invited executives from a number of groups.

They included:

• BP,

• Chevron,

• ConocoPhillips,

• Exxon, and

• Shell

Each testified in regard to the rise in gas prices.

Combined, the five companies and their employees have contributed $6.3 million to current lawmakers since 2001.

Total contributions from Big Oil companies and employees to current legislators  (Jan. 1, 2001 - Dec. 31, 2010)

	Total Contributions	Democrats	% Dem	Independents	% Ind	Republicans	% Rep
BP	$628,038	$213,200	33.9%	$4,500	0.7%	$410,338	65.3%
Chevron	$1,604,397	$294,807	18.4%	$-	0.0%	$1,309,590	81.6%
ConocoPhillips	$1,154,198	$167,197	14.5%	$1,000	0.1%	$986,001	85.4%
Exxon Mobil	$2,609,337	$249,235	9.6%	$1,300	0.0%	$2,358,802	90.4%
Shell Oil	$303,090	$83,090	27.4%	$-	0.0%	$220,000	72.6%

Methodology: Includes monetary and non-monetary contributions from Jan. 1, 2001-Dec. 31, 2010 to candidate campaign committees of legislators serving in the House and Senate on May 12, 2011.

Contributions data provided by the Center for Responsive Politics (OpenSecrets.org).

A link to this data can be found here.

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