K Street Files: Hill Reaction to Spill Puts Jobs in Jeopardy, Oil Lobby Says

• By Bennett Roth
• Roll Call Staff
• July 28, 2010, Midnight

Big Oil, which has been on the defensive since the Gulf of Mexico spill, has decided that public anxiety is its best weapon. To fend off Members’ interest in tightening oversight of the industry, the oil lobby is playing on worries about the nation’s shaky job market.