{"id":1113,"date":"2010-06-09T01:45:11","date_gmt":"2010-06-09T01:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/?p=1113"},"modified":"2010-06-09T01:45:11","modified_gmt":"2010-06-09T01:45:11","slug":"reid-spokesman-republicans-push-for-47-billion-giveaway-to-big-oil-protecting-yet-another-special-interest-over-the-middle-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/2010\/06\/09\/reid-spokesman-republicans-push-for-47-billion-giveaway-to-big-oil-protecting-yet-another-special-interest-over-the-middle-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Reid Spokesman: Republicans Push for $47 Billion Giveaway to Big Oil, Protecting Yet Another Special Interest over the Middle Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For Immediate Release<br \/>\nDate: Tuesday, June 8, 2010<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1114\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/2010\/06\/09\/reid-spokesman-republicans-push-for-47-billion-giveaway-to-big-oil-protecting-yet-another-special-interest-over-the-middle-class\/senate-democratic-communications\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1114\" title=\"Senate Democratic Communications\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Senate-Democratic-Communications-300x51.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"51\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Senate-Democratic-Communications-300x51.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Senate-Democratic-Communications-150x25.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Senate-Democratic-Communications.jpg 759w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>CONTACT:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jim Manley, (202) 224-2939<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nREID SPOKESMAN: REPUBLICANS PUSH FOR $47 BILLION GIVEAWAY TO BIG OIL, PROTECTING YET ANOTHER SPECIAL INTEREST OVER THE MIDDLE CLASS<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nWashington, DC- Jim Manley, spokesman for Nevada Senator Harry Reid, released the following statement today\u00a0 regarding the Murkowski resolution of disapproval, which amounts to a Republican giveaway to big oil companies:<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8220;Even with thousands of barrels of oil still gushing into the Gulf, Republicans are trying to hand a $47 billion giveaway to big oil companies later this week.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8220;This giveaway, otherwise known as the Murkowski disapproval resolution, is backed by oil company lobbyists because it would increase the nation&#8217;s consumption of oil by at least 455 million barrels, and probably waste several billion more. This latest attempt by Republicans to protect big oil companies comes after they repeatedly blocked Democrats&#8217; attempts to hold BP fully accountable for its negligence by increasing the grossly insufficient $75 million oil spill liability cap.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8220;With Republicans standing up for Wall Street, health insurance companies and now big oil companies, this begs the question &#8211; is there any special interest Republicans will not protect?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Richard Charter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Immediate Release Date: Tuesday, June 8, 2010 \u00a0 CONTACT:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jim Manley, (202) 224-2939 \u00a0 REID SPOKESMAN: REPUBLICANS PUSH FOR $47 BILLION GIVEAWAY TO BIG OIL, PROTECTING YET ANOTHER SPECIAL INTEREST OVER THE MIDDLE CLASS \u00a0 Washington, DC- Jim Manley, spokesman for Nevada Senator Harry Reid, released the following statement today\u00a0 regarding the Murkowski resolution &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/2010\/06\/09\/reid-spokesman-republicans-push-for-47-billion-giveaway-to-big-oil-protecting-yet-another-special-interest-over-the-middle-class\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Reid Spokesman: Republicans Push for $47 Billion Giveaway to Big Oil, Protecting Yet Another Special Interest over the Middle Class<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1113"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1117,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113\/revisions\/1117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}