How Oily is Your Congressperson?

Ever wonder how much influence big oil companies have over your locally elected officials?

This website I found has put together all the information for you if you ever did wonder.

How Oily is Your Congressperson?

Now, there's no excuse not to know.

You're a click away from finding out which politicians are accepting money from the oil giants -- and just how much.

It's called Follow the Oil Money. Brought to you by Oil Change International. Punch in your zip code, and voila, Big Oil's influence over politics in America quickly reveals itself.

The site also traces the flow of oil dollars to the presidential candidates.

If you follow this link, Follow the Oil Money, all you will have to do is enter your zip code to find out how much of an influence big oil has over your local representatives.

I was surprised to find out that where I live, that our representatives, accepted $6000 to $83,000 from big oil companies over a 6 year period.

[edit on 7/2/08 by Keyhole]