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added Obama-BP money trail and conflict of interest issues
The disruption of shipping traffic in and out of the Port of [[New Orleans]] will impact barge, container, and tanker traffic in the Mississippi Delta and along the [[Mississippi River]]. Prices of all types of commodities would affected,
The disruption of shipping traffic in and out of the Port of [[New Orleans]] will impact barge, container, and tanker traffic in the Mississippi Delta and along the [[Mississippi River]]. Prices of all types of commodities would affected,
==Liberal Reaction==
===Obama Reaction===
During his time in the Senate and while running for president, [[Obama]] received a total of $77,051 from [[BP]] and is the top recipient of BP PAC and individual money over the past 20 years, according to financial disclosure records.
<ref>[http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0505/obama-biggest-recipient-bp-political-action-money-20-years Obama is biggest recipient of BP’s political action cash in the last 20 years] John Byrne, 5 May 2010. Retrieved from rawstory.com 9 May 2010.</ref>
Likewise, the [[Center for Responsive Politics]] noted "the “top recipient of BP-related donations during the 2008 cycle was President Barack Obama himself, who collected $71,000.” <ref>[http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/05/white-house-idea-that-bp-given-special-exemption-because-of-campaign-cash-to-obama-silly-and-ridiculous.html?cid=6a00d8341c4df253ef0134807669a3970c]</ref>. Obama, via the [[Department of the Interior]]’s [[Minerals Management Service]] granted BP’s lease at [[Deepwater Horizon]] a “categorical exclusion” from a detailed environmental impact analysis under the [[National Environmental Policy Act]]. <ref>[http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/05/white-house-idea-that-bp-given-special-exemption-because-of-campaign-cash-to-obama-silly-and-ridiculous.html?cid=6a00d8341c4df253ef0134807669a3970c]</ref>.
==Other Liberal Reaction==
Forthcoming
==References==
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