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UPDATE: Select Committee to Hold Hearing on Fraudulent Letters Sent to Congress PLEASE NOTE: This hearing was originally scheduled for October 15. It has been rescheduled to Thursday, October 29 at 9:30 AM Chairman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and ...
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James Hoggan: Astroturf King Jack Bonner's Long History of Deceitful "Grassroots" Lobbying
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... On Thursday morning, Rep. Edward Markey's Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming will hold a hearing on the Bonner and Associates forged letter scandal and it can't come soon enough. ...

During Forged Letter Investigation Hearing, Coal Industry Lies Under Oath About Its Lobbying History
Think Progress — Today, the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming held a hearing investigating fraudulent letters forged by Bonner & Associates on behalf of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) to attack the Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454). As the Wonk Room’s Brad Johnson has reported, ACCCE President and CEO Steve Miller lied under oath when he told the committee organization has never opposed clean energy legislation. Later during the hearing, Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) asked Miller about ...

During Forged Letter Investigation Hearing, Coal Industry Lies Under Oath About Its Lobbying History
The Hollywood Liberal — ... Today, the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming held a hearing investigating fraudulent letters forged by Bonner & Associates on behalf of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) to attack the Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454). As the Wonk Room’s Brad Johnson has reported, ACCCE President and […] Today, the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming held a hearing investigating fraudulent letters forged by ...

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