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Wayne Greene: Website links tobacco money, Oklahoma leaders

A retired state health department worker has come up with an aggressive tool aimed at the lobbying muscle of the tobacco industry. Tobaccomoney.com is the creation of Doug Matheny. He told me that he had seen tobacco money skew the results of public po
Tulsa (OK) World
added Oct 7, 2012 17:22
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[Indiana] Crooked Ex-Congressman Now Hawking Smokes

Steve Buyer, a former Indiana congressman who tirelessly advocated for the tobacco industry while in office, is now…working for the tobacco industry.
Minyanville Media, Inc. (MMI)
added Oct 4, 2012 15:11
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[Indiana] Read Congressman Who Compared Cigarettes to Smoking Lettuce Becomes Lobbyist for R.J. Reynolds

Steve Buyer, a Republican congressman from Indiana from 1993 to 2011, had been the beneficiary of over $100,000 in Reynolds donations over the years and pushed the company's legislative goals.
ProPublica
added Oct 2, 2012 18:04
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[Oklahoma] SEARCHABLE DATABASES

These databases use information available to the public from the Oklahoma Ethics Commission.
tobaccomoney.com (OK)
added Oct 2, 2012 17:57
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[Oklahoma] QUOTES

“The $50,000 paid as Nance’s retainer to be the TI lead lobbyist in 1990 is only marginally competitive in Oklahoma. Inasmuch as that state allows no corporate contributions to political campaigns, all successful Oklahoma lobbyists must invest heavily in
tobaccomoney.com (OK)
added Oct 2, 2012 17:57
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[Oklahoma] CURRENT FINDINGS

Since 2006, 84 of the 97 Representatives now in office have accepted a total of $80,550 in campaign contributions from tobacco lobbyists. Since 2006, 45 of the 97 Representatives now in office have accepted a total of $29,750 in campaign contributions
tobaccomoney.com (OK)
added Oct 2, 2012 17:56
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[Oklahoma] POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES (PAC's)

Currently, two tobacco companies operate PAC's in the State of Oklahoma.
tobaccomoney.com (OK)
added Oct 2, 2012 17:55
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[Oklahoma] FEDERAL RACKETEERING (RICO) CONVICTION

Philip Morris, Altria, R.J. Reynolds, Brown and Williamson, Lorillard, American Tobacco, and British American Tobacco Company have now been convicted in U.S. District Court of racketeering and conducting a decades-long conspiracy to deceive the American p
tobaccomoney.com (OK)
added Oct 2, 2012 17:54
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[Oklahoma] ABOUT

The purpose of tobaccomoney.com is to help expose and eliminate the influence of the tobacco industry in the Oklahoma State Legislature through public awareness and by encouraging the refusal of all campaign contributions and gifts from all registered tob
tobaccomoney.com (OK)
added Oct 2, 2012 17:53
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[Oklahoma] TOBACCO LOBBYISTS

According to Oklahoma Ethics Commission records, 11 individuals are registered to lobby the Oklahoma State Legislature on behalf of tobacco companies or tobacco industry trade associations in 2012. Most of these individuals have also registered to lobby l
tobaccomoney.com (OK)
added Oct 2, 2012 17:52
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