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| | 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, |
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| − | ==Liberal Reaction==
| + | ==Obama Reaction== |
| − | ===Obama Reaction===
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| | During his time in the Senate and while running for president, [[Obama]] received a total of $77,051 from [[British Petroleum]] (BP)<ref>http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/BP?view=detail&siteid=nwhwk</ref> and is the top recipient of BP Political Action Committee and individual money over the past 20 years, according to financial disclosure records. | | During his time in the Senate and while running for president, [[Obama]] received a total of $77,051 from [[British Petroleum]] (BP)<ref>http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/BP?view=detail&siteid=nwhwk</ref> and is the top recipient of BP Political Action Committee 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> | | <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> |
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| − | 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>. | + | 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>. |
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| | ==Other Liberal Reaction== | | ==Other Liberal Reaction== |