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by QuestionGirl • 1:37 pm
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The Center for Public Integrity has a new report on Washington’s largest lobby, the pharmaceutical industry. Do you think the lobbyists would target the majority if it didn’t do any good? Let’s face it, they are bought and paid for, no matter who they are. Democrats, Republicans……. they’re all bought and paid for. From the report:
A review of campaign contributions reveals that the industry has dramatically increased donations to the Democrats since their victory in November 2006. In the current election cycle so far, for the first time on record, the pharmaceutical and health products industry has given slightly more money to Democrats than Republicans, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. In the 2006 cycle, Democrats received only 31 percent of the contributions from the industry, while the Republicans received 67 percent.
More than $6.8 million of the $14.4 million the pharmaceutical and health product industry gave in contributions went to members of three committees that regulate the industry: the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, House Committee on Ways and Means, and Senate Committee on Health, Education, and Labor.
Full report here
