99% of Political Donations from Halliburton's bd. of directors go to Republicans
Friday, August 6, 2004 at 12:48PM
TheSpook
Halliburton's board of directors has given
$365,065 to Republican candidates and political action committees over
the 2004 campaign season, a HalliburtonWatch analysis reveals. The
board, comprised mostly of individuals from the energy industry, gave
$365,065 (or 99 percent) to the Republicans and $4,000 (or less than 1
percent) to the Democrats. Halliburton's political action committee
gave another $133,500 to political campaigns, with $120,000 (or 90
percent) going to the Republicans. The dollar amounts are current
through June 30, 2004 and were obtained from the Center for Responsive
Politics .The biggest political donor on Halliburton's board is Ray
Hunt, who is the chief executive officer of Hunt Oil, a privately-owned
oil company with operations in the Middle East, Africa and South
America.[more]