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==Political contributionsContributions and Lobbying== In 2010, Pinnacle West's PAC spent $379,956 on federal House and Senate legislators.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pacgot.php?cycle=2010&cmte=C00015933 Pinnacle West Capital Contributions], "Open Secrets.gov"</ref> $71,000 was given to House Democrats and $40,500 to House Republicans. Senate Democrats received $12,500 and Senate Republicans $66,000.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pacgot.php?cycle=2010&cmte=C00015933 Pinnacle West Capital Contributions], "Open Secrets.gov"</ref> You can see a list of PACs Pinnacle West donated to in 2010 [http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pac2pac.php?cycle=2010&cmte=C00015933 HERE]. In 2010, Pinnacle West spent $710,000 in [http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000658&year=2010 lobbying expenditures]. You can see a full list of bills the company lobbied for in federal government [http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientbills.php?id=D000000658&year=2010 HERE].
Pinnacle is one of the largest energy company contributors to both Republican and Democratic candidates for Congress. These contributions total $392,600 to the 110th US Congress (as of the third quarter), the largest of which has been to Rep. John Shadegg (R-AZ)for $15,800. Rep. Shadegg, for his part, has consistently voted with the coal industry on energy, war and climate bills.<ref>[http://www.followthecoalmoney.org], "Follow the Coal Money"</ref>
Contributions like this from fossil fuel companies to members of Congress are often seen as a political barrier to pursuing clean energy.
More information on coal industry contributions to Congress can be found at<ref>[http://www.followthecoalmoney.org FollowtheCoalMoney.org]<ref>, a project sponsored by the nonpartisan, nonprofit<ref>[http://www.priceofoil.org Oil Change International]</ref><ref>[http://www.appalachianvoices.org Appalachian Voices]</ref>
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