Money Talks, Energy Suffers

Industry Flexes Muscle, Weaker Energy Bill Passes

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121407B.shtml

John M. Broder, reporting for The New York Times, writes, "Pared-down energy legislation cleared the Senate on Thursday by a wide margin after the oil industry and utilities succeeded in stripping out provisions that would have cost them billions of dollars."