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Feinberg's Claims Process for BP Victims Draws Lawmaker Scrutiny BusinessWeek 27 (Bloomberg) — Kenneth Feinberg's efforts to compensate victims of BP Plc's oil spill is drawing scrutiny from US lawmakers as complaints mount over the … Feinberg Catches Flak From JusticeWall Street Journal (blog) Obama Administration Criticizes Gulf Spill Claims Czar's Slow PaymentsProPublica Justice Department joins call for BP claims czar Kenneth Feinberg to speed up …NOLA.com all 6 news articles »

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BP's Hayward Faces UK Lawmaker Questions on `Witch Hunt' After Oil Spill Bloomberg … lawmakers today on whether the Gulf of Mexico spill will hurt the company's ability to work in the US, home to 40 percent of its oil and gas production. … BP's Hayward to testify to UK lawmakers on spillThe Associated Press all 157 news articles »

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GOP lawmaker apologizes for apologizing to BP exec
Who’s sorry now? Rep. Joe Barton, that’s who. The Texas Republican, the House’s top recipient of oil industry campaign contributions since 1990, apologized Thursday for apologizing to the chief of the British company that befouled the Gulf of Mexico with a… Republican – Gulf of Mexico – Joe Barton – Petroleum industry – BP
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Texas lawmaker accuses White House of BP shakedown
WASHINGTON (AP) — A leading House Republican accused the White House Thursday of a “ billion shakedown” of oil giant BP by requiring the company to establish a huge fund to compensate those hurt by the Gulf Coast oil spill.
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Republican lawmaker apologizes to BP
WASHINGTON — A leading House Republican accused the White  House Thursday of a ” billion shakedown” of oil giant BP by requiring the company to establish a huge fund to compensate those hurt by the Gulf Coast oil spill. Rep. Joe Barton made the assertion at the outset of a House hearing where BP’s chief executive officer, Tony Hayward, was appearing for the first time before Congress. Facing …
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GOP lawmaker with BP stock has role in spill probe
A multimillionaire House Republican who owns thousands of shares of BP stock has no plans to recuse himself from a congressional investigation related to the Gulf oil spill or from votes on Capitol Hill that could affect his investments in the oil company.
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Lawmaker probes oil rig staffing before spill
A congressional committee has asked the operator of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig to clarify staffing logs that suggest an absence of key personnel on board prior to the explosion that triggered the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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US Lawmaker: Blown-out Oil Well Relied on Faulty Device
Henry Waxman says oil rig’s so-called fail-safe system was leaking fluid in hours before well exploded

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