BP Oil Group

BP Gas Station

Carlos Aguirre

Khanh Doan

Mason Galeazzo

Cameron Howard

Beliefs- The overall beliefs of BP, are that there should be lower tariffs, as well as company tax cuts. BP, also is not affiliated with a specific religion, but is for the most part Republican. BP is also currently focusing on the oil spill as the company tries to restore the Gulf of Mexico.

Gulf of Mexico

Political activity- In the year 2010, BP has given $20,500 to democrats in House and $13,500 to democrats in the senate. Republicans in the House, have received $28,950, and Republicans in the Senate have received $7,500 in the senate.

Alaskan Pipe Line

This one is from Alaska :) Not that we care

Current lobbying/ Legislation Attempts- In 2010, total lobbying expenditures for BP have been approximately $3,320,000. There have been fourteen bills lobbied, by BP representatives so far. Some of the bills include the H.R 2454 and the S. 1733.

Common Supporters/ Voters- The commons supporters and voters for BP are the BP employees themselves.

BP Worker

Political Supporters- BP had many supported candidates. There were at least one from each state. Many members were from both major political party group. Each candidate were to receive from $250-$9,600. Candidates range from Federal Senate to House of Representative. The following people are 2010 candidates supported by BP to gain support for. These are the top five candidate that recieved the most support this election:

Jack Conway (D-Ky., Senate)

Jeffrey M. Landry (R-La., House)

Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.)

Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.)

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

PACs- The BP PAC is a non-partisan, non-profit, and voluntary committee which is composed of individual members. The purpose of the PAC, is to encourage participation by employees in the political process and to support candidates that support the BP interests.

Bibliography

https://www.bipac.net/bp_pac/BP_PAC_Support.pdf

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=BP#BP_Profits_and_Lobbying

http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000091

https://www.bipac.net/page.asp?content=pac_facts&g=bp_public&parent=bp_pac
http://www.bp.com/browsebytheme.do?contentId=7002593&categoryId=9001237&currentPage=1
http://www.bp.com/extendedsectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=40&contentId=7061813
http://motherjones.com/mojo/2010/06/bp-campaign-donations-obama?utm

Democratic Versus Republican

Khanh Doan
Issue Paper
September 26th, 2010
AP Gov P3

Education Funding and Reform

One on the main issue today is education. Should we increase funding, decrease funding or leave it as it is? The issue was brought up this decade and is one of the main issues today along with economy and gay marriage. There are many different reforms between the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. The democratic party suggest that everyone can afford higher education while the republican party states that every student can choose what school will fit them best.

In the year 2008, there was a little election battle for a small spot in the white house called president. There were mainly two candidates that ran from each party. One was Sen. Obama who was a democrat. On the other side of the spectrum, we have Sen. McCain who was a republican. Each side had a different issue for education. McCain believed that education is a new civil right issue of this century. He promotes funding for all schools from private school to public. He also would help funding schools from head start schools to high performing schools. McCain would also fund for quality teachers. Obama stayed with the existing system. He stayed with the No Child Left behind Act of 2001 from former president George W. Bush. Obama believed that funding should go to the kids who need a head start in education. He believed that there will be higher educated students in AP classes and college. But that was 2008, what about 2010?

The Republican Party plans to give every student the opportunity to choose any school they see fit. They believed that students should not be in a school that is failing. Education is the responsibility of the state. Republicans believe in block grants. The Department of Education funding would go to the state. Students should learn the basics of education to become leaders of the future. The Republican Party reform benefits the poorer districts rather than the middle class as funding would go to the poorer class. Republican Gov. Dave Heineman believed that education funding would decrease because the health care reform takes lot money from it. Ironically, he voted for the health care reform.

The Democratic Party is slightly different from the Republican Party. They believed students should have an easier time to go to college. All colleges should be affordable to every student planning to go into college. The difference between this and the republican reform is that the democratic reform would give funding to every student except the poorer students would not have benefit as much. The republican reform gives funding to the poorer class. Obama is running on a “Race to the top” system which promotes kids to be innovative. He wants to fund those who are incentive to want higher education. According to Obama, we should not fall behind in a competitive world. More people will complete college.

As of right now, education is one of the biggest issues Americans have to deal with today. Obama had a speech recently about education stating that students should have the incentive to pursue a higher education. This issue will continue on for hundred of decades because everyone love to complain. Everyone who picks sides on weather we should give money to education or for war. Both political parties seem to have great points but since manly people stereotype, the democratic party have a higher chance of winning this debate. Many teachers or educational vocalist would choose the democratic side because the Republican Party only gives funding to the poor, not the ones wanting higher education.

Bibliography

Berry, Christopher, and Charles Wysong. "School-Finance Reform in Red and Blue:

Education Next." Education Next: Education Next Is a Journal of Opinion and Research about Education Policy. Web. 27 Sept. 2010. <http://educationnext.org/school-finance-reform-in-red-and-blue/>.

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Environment." Harbus. 27 Oct. 2008. Web. 27 Sept. 2010. <http://media.www.harbus.org/media/storage/paper343/news/2008/10/27/Features/Republican.Vs.Democrat.Healthcare.Education.And.The.Environment-3507936.shtml>.

President Obama, Barack. "What We Stand For: Education." Democrats.org. Web. 27 Sept. 2010. <http://www.democrats.org/issues/education>.

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Funding." The Lincoln Journal Star Online. 31 Aug. 2010. Web. 27 Sept. 2010. <http://journalstar.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_a0804c80-b53a-11df-af61-001cc4c03286.html>.