"U.S. coal companies have pumped $1.5 million into House Speaker John Boehner's political operation this year, a sign of the industry's beefed-up efforts to fight new and proposed regulations from the Obama administration."

"The coal industry now ranks as one of the top sources of cash for the Ohio Republican, rivaling such perennial GOP donors as Wall Street and the real-estate industry. A large part of the coal industry's donations came in a single week at the end of June."

Brody Mullins reports for the Wall St. Journal September 13, 2011. [2]

SEE ALSO:

Coal Industry Backs Boehner (Climate Progress) [3]

"Speaker Boehner Gets Big Bucks From Coal" (Coal Tattoo) [4]