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Keystone XL pipeline builder TransCanada upped its lobbying of Congress by 24% in 2013 (Click on this heading to read more)

Rss@dailykos.com (meteor Blades)
Monday, January 27, 2014, 9:16 pm
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    TransCanada Corp. (TRP), the Calgary-based company behind the Keystone XL pipeline, spent $1.05 million to lobby Congress and the administration last year, about 24 percent more than it spent in 2012, records filed with the U.S. Senate show. [...]
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    Its chief Washington lobbyist, Paul Elliott, is a former top campaign aide to Hillary Clinton, who served as Secretary of State in President Barack Obama's first term.