Rights groups now feel they have some leverage with a government that depends heavily on food and oil donations from the United States, Japan and South Korea.
Assemblyman Ian Calderon did respond to the accusations, saying that it was predictable that others were trying to use the claim of oil donations to bully him into supporting the bill, though he really was not sure it was best for his constituents. .
In order to find the one closest to you, run an internet search with the line "cooking oil donation [Name of Your City].".
The shakedown, in the eyes of the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, which monitors campaign contributions to lawmakers, is actually the pitches by lawmakers for oil industry donations.
In 2011, Kasich was named as the top recipient of oil and gas donations in Ohio, having received $213 , 519
The biggest recipient of oil and gas donations is Charlotte Lane, who also cosponsored HB 4286.
And oil and gas donations to Cruz and Bush far outpace those to Clinton.
Other universities in the state, especially the University of Houston, were also able to benefit from state-owned oil production and donations from wealthy oil investors, fueling substantial growth and development in their campuses.
Through hefty foreign donations, oil smuggling, taking hostages and demanding huge ransoms, extortion and other means, the group's funding has swelled, making the Islamic State one of the richest terrorist groups in the world.
"You've got to look at the oil-and-gas donations," said Maureen Blanc, director of Charge Across Town, a nonprofit that supports electric vehicles.
But in the past two weeks the group has criticized Mr. Obama's spots for linking Mr. McCain to a decision by the DHL shipping company to pull out of a hub in Ohio, eliminating 8,200 jobs there; for exaggerating Mr. McCain's donations from oil executives; and for portraying his general corporate tax break as specifically tailored to oil and drug companies.
