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Lobbying Firm Admits to More Forged Letters Opposing Climate Bill

HeadlineAug 07, 2009

A Washington, DC lobbying firm has admitted a scandal involving forged letters opposing the House climate change bill is wider than previously known. Earlier this week, the lobbying firm Bonner & Associates admitted that an employee had sent letters to Democratic Congressman Tom Perriello of Virginia that appeared to be from members of the NAACP and the Latino organization Creciendo Juntos. The letters urged Perriello to vote against the climate bill in order to protect minorities from higher energy bills. Bonner has now admitted that six other letters were sent to two other Democratic Congress members, Chris Carney and Kathy Dahlkemper, both of Pennsylvania.

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