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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-06-17 22:23 FACTBOX-’Shakedown’ lawmaker is oil’s darling in US House

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-06-17 22:23 FACTBOX-’Shakedown’ lawmaker is oil’s darling in US House
WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) – Republican Joe Barton, who accused the White House on Thursday of a $20 billion “shakedown” of BP Plc, is the biggest recipient of oil and gas money in the U.S. House of Representatives. The 60-year-old Texas lawmaker, who later apologized for using the word “shakedown,” has collected at least $1.7 million in political contributions from oil and gas interests over …

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