Did you know that despite its record profits, Exxon Mobil didn’t actually pay any federal income tax last year?
Did you know that Vermont Senator Bernard Sanders introduced a legislative amendment that would have closed tax loopholes for big oil corporations like Exxon Mobil, required oil giants to pay income taxes like the American people do, dedicated $10 billion of the proceeds to retrofitting public structures for energy efficiency and dedicated a further $25 billion to deficit reduction?
Did you know that not one Senate Republican voted for Sanders’ amendment? Well, that goes without saying. But did you know that 21 Senate Democrats the Senate Republicans to vote down Sanders’ amendment?
The following are the 21 Senate Democrats who voted to keep the big oil corporations from paying income tax:
Daniel Akaka (HI)
Max Baucus (MT)
Evan Bayh (IN)
Mark Begich (AK)
Michael Bennet (CO)
Jeff Bingaman (NM)
Kent Conrad (ND)
Christopher Dodd (CT)
Byron Dorgan (ND)
Kay Hagan (NC)
Daniel Inouye (HI)
John Kerry (MA)
Mary Landrieu (LA)
Blanche Lincoln (AR)
Ben Nelson (NE)
Mark Pryor (AR)
Jon Tester (MT)
Mark Udall (CO)
Tom Udall (NM)
Mark Warner (VA)
James Webb (VA)
