The real shakedown: Barton is top House recipient of oil and gas donations - Conservatives embrace Barton, Biden angrily responds: It's not a 'shakedown' to insist BP takes care of people who are 'drowning'

It is laughable that Joe Barton (R-TX) has the nerve to accuse Obama or anybody of shaking down the oil industry.  The Center for Responsive Politics reports on the real shakedown that occurs month after month from Big Oil's friend on Capitol Hill:

Individuals or PACs associated with the oil and gas industry as a whole have been Barton's biggest patron since he entered Congress, donating more than $1,448,380 since the 1990 election cycle. The figure puts him at No. 1 among all House...