The Big Money Behind Climate Change

Wall Street and Big Oil See a Democratic Compromise on Fossil Fuel Bailout

As Congress Debates More Coronavirus Stimulus, Lobbyists Predict Democrats Will Cave in Return for Aid to Renewables

By: Ti-Hua Chang
May 5, 2020

Then-Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-IN), now an Akin Gump lobbyist, and Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) discuss their bill to let companies deny full-time health benefits to employees working fewer than 40 hours a week. (Image: Photo by Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images.)

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Wall Street and Big Oil See a Democratic Compromise on Fossil Fuel Bailout

As Congress Debates More Coronavirus Stimulus, Lobbyists Predict Democrats Will Cave in Return for Aid to Renewables