Money In Politics
  
  
    
      
  
  
  
      
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        April 22, 2011 -
        
  
         By Marian Wang, ProPublica 
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        April 14, 2011 -
        
  
        Perhaps more than any other North Carolina politician, Se
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        April 7, 2011 -
        
  
        Number of men killed a year ago this week in an explosion at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch mine in Raleigh County, W.Va.: 29 
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        March 31, 2011 -
        
  
        Profits earned by Exxon Mobil in 2009: $19 billion 
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        March 18, 2011 -
        
  
        Amount the nuclear power industry spent on lobbying from 2000 to 2010: $600 million  Amount the industry spent during that same period on campaign contributions: nearly $63 million  
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        March 16, 2011 -
        
  
        With the nuclear crisis in Japan growing more alarming by the hour, Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers