GAO Cites Corporate Shaping of Energy Plan

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The White House collaborated heavily with corporations in developing President Bush's energy policy but repeatedly refused to give congressional investigators details of the meetings, according to a federal report issued yesterday.

The General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress, said in the report that Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham privately discussed the formulation of Bush's policy "with chief executive officers of petroleum, electricity, nuclear, coal, chemical and natural gas companies, among others."

An energy task force, led by Vice President Cheney, relied for outside advice primarily on "petroleum, coal, nuclear, natural gas, electricity industry representatives and lobbyists," while seeking limited input from academic experts, environmentalists and policy groups, the GAO said.

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Forgive if I didn't see this, mods, I searched, then put it in the LBN forum. Sorry for the inconvenience.



http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44891-2003Aug25.html

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1. Do these people work for us?

Hell no! Do tax payers pay for these secret meetings? Hell yes! Why can't our congress find out the truth about this bull shit? Republican controlled! Elect democrats folks, if you ever want to have a job again.