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Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Rick Shelby Gets What He Pays For
In addition to Bush college roomate and GOP mega-fundraiser Tom Kuhn, last week's big-money D.C. fundraiser for Joe was also hosted by GOP operative and energy industry lobbyist Rick Shelby:
That's Rick Shelby, co-host of a huge 2005 fundraiser for Tom DeLay.
That's Rick Shelby, who won $1 billion in federal tax breaks for natural gas companies in the 2005 Bush-Cheney Energy Bill... that Sen. Lieberman voted for:
Rick Shelby gets what he pays for. What else is he getting from Sen. Lieberman?
“Also among the Lieberman event's sponsors was Rick Shelby, a longtime Republican operative who is executive vice president of the American Gas Association. The luncheon's sponsors pressed fellow Republican lobbyists to pay a minimum of $1,000 a ticket.”
That's Rick Shelby, co-host of a huge 2005 fundraiser for Tom DeLay.
That's Rick Shelby, who won $1 billion in federal tax breaks for natural gas companies in the 2005 Bush-Cheney Energy Bill... that Sen. Lieberman voted for:
The American Gas Association, whose senior vice president, Rick Shelby, is a “host” of tonight’s event, is the industry association for natural gas corporations. Those companies will receive $1 billion in natural gas pipeline tax breaks from EPACT.
Rick Shelby gets what he pays for. What else is he getting from Sen. Lieberman?
posted by tparty at 4:34 PM 
