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CBS MarketWatch Conservatives in Washington usually deride talk of a windfall-profit tax - a policy last seriously advocated in 1979 - as…
Nov 4, 2005The Wichita Eagle (Kansas) Jamie Court, president of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, who says oil companies deliberately reduced refining…
Nov 4, 2005Campaigns increasingly use cartoons on Internet to grab attention.The Orange County Register (California) Jerry Flanagan of Consumer Watchdog, a campaign affiliate of…
Nov 4, 2005CBS-TV Evening News (National) Doug Heller and other government watchdogs say when it comes to raising special interest cash, the governor has…
Nov 4, 2005California newspapers are reporting today that Arnold has a slew of new initiatives in the works regardless of how voters respond to…
Nov 3, 2005Gannett News Service Consumer groups and Democrats started pushing for a windfall-profits tax after gas topped $3 a gallon in September. But…
Nov 3, 2005USA TODAY Wal-Mart and its founding Walton family have emerged as big backers of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, giving about $1 million in…
Oct 31, 2005Consumer Group Calls on Regulators to Protect $3 Billion Investment
Oct 31, 2005Gulf News (Financial Times) Jamie Court, president of the Santa Monica, California-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, alleges that the oil…
Oct 30, 2005The Today Show (NBC-TV National) Mr. JAMIE COURT (Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights): An industry like the oil industry knows that…
Oct 28, 2005$100.7 billion in revenue is a record as profit hits $9.9 billion. Results draw outrage.Los Angeles Times "This is a staggering profit…
Oct 28, 2005The Houston Chronicle (Texas) Jamie Court, president of FTCR, issued a written statement Thursday calling on the government to force ExxonMobil to…
Oct 28, 2005Ventura County Star (Ventura, California) "That (a drug discount card) would be good," she said. "That would help older people a lot.…
Oct 27, 2005Some want the industry to use its record profits to boost production, but many companies are cautious. Two senators back a consumer…
Oct 26, 2005State may not reap billions promised to voters last fallThe San Francisco Chronicle "Voters were told they would benefit from stem cell…
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