Report Details Lawmakers' 'One-Two Punch' in Health-Care Donations
By Dan Eggen
WashPost
The health-care industry is already one of the leading contributors to Congress, but a new study finds that health-care lobbyists add to the industry's clout by giving money to many of the same lawmakers themselves.
A joint study released Thursday by the Center for Responsive Politics and the Sunlight Foundation found that lawmakers including Sens. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) and Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) all received significant contributions from lobbyists and the health-care firms they represent.
Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and author of the main health-care bill now under consideration in Congress, "was one of the biggest beneficiaries of this one-two punch from the lobbyists and their clients," the groups report.
From January 2007 to June 2009, Baucus collected donations from 37 outside lobbyists representing the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association (PhRMA), the top drugmaker trade group. Baucus also received money from 36 lobbyists representing a single drugmaker, Amgen Inc., the study shows.
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WashPost
The health-care industry is already one of the leading contributors to Congress, but a new study finds that health-care lobbyists add to the industry's clout by giving money to many of the same lawmakers themselves.
A joint study released Thursday by the Center for Responsive Politics and the Sunlight Foundation found that lawmakers including Sens. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) and Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) all received significant contributions from lobbyists and the health-care firms they represent.
Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and author of the main health-care bill now under consideration in Congress, "was one of the biggest beneficiaries of this one-two punch from the lobbyists and their clients," the groups report.
From January 2007 to June 2009, Baucus collected donations from 37 outside lobbyists representing the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association (PhRMA), the top drugmaker trade group. Baucus also received money from 36 lobbyists representing a single drugmaker, Amgen Inc., the study shows.
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