More than two-thirds of Congress cashed a pharma campaign check in 2020

STAT news ^ | 6/9/21 | Lev Facher

[JonPreston]

Seventy-two senators and 302 members of the House of Representatives cashed a check from the pharmaceutical industry ahead of the 2020 election

The analysis includes contributions made directly to candidates’ election committees as well as to PACs affiliated with individual candidates. For example, data visualizations include pharmaceutical contributions to the campaign committee of Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) and to the Believe in America PAC, a separate, Romney-affiliated campaign group. Contributions to both organizations are attributed to Romney.

Several top Republicans, like Sen. Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and Rep. Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) — the GOP leaders of the Senate and House, respectively — also ranked in the top 15 of all recipients.

[circlecity]

Big Pharma is also major advertiser on most news shows

[dforest]

Back stabbing greedy dirtbags. None of them work for the people any more.

I despise them.

[JonPreston]

Yes. Fox has pharma ads all day long. I suppose the others do as well.

[Seruzawa]

Yep. The MSM will not allow criticism of Pharma and its numerous crimes and frauds. The legislators give them anything they want. All for money.

[rarestia]

Mike Judge was a visionary with Idiocracy

[JonPreston]

Congress is a conclave of thieves and s’bags. All but a few have our nation’s best interest in mind.

[RatRipper]

Now THAT is getting closer to the root of our problem!!!!!

[FMBass]

One can argue that we are fighting the wrong enemy in the war on drugs.

[JonPreston]

Idiocracy

I hear they moved Idiocracy into the non-fiction section.

[HighSierra5]

Congress. Who needs em. Only the lobbyists.

[JonPreston]

great point.

[proust]

Our public servants.

[Scarlett156]

This is the carrot. Gee, I wonder what the stick was....?

[Nextrush]

The truth about the Republican politicians should remind us why Donald J. Trump needs to remain at the reins of the Republican Party to keep the corporate lapdog RINO’s in check.

[PistolPaknMama]

Wow! Tim Scott (SC) scored a whoppin’ $121,000. No wonder he keeps his mouth shut. Dirt bag.

[LouAvul]

Lemme see. Trump said he was going to hold big pharma accountable for exorbitant drugs prices. Big pharma buys Congress prior to the election. Congress ignores mass violations of federal election laws which stole the presidency from patriots.

Hmmm. Any connection here?

[Pollard]

Corporatocracy

[taildragger]

I bet if NovaVax gave more $$$ to these fartknockers it'd be a done deal, ya I said it, these SOB's are all thick as theifs!

[RicocheT]

Big Pharma owns a lot of politicians, mostly at the federal level but also a considerable number at the state level.

I mute and look away during those multiple drug ads which are on TV news shows. The people shown have little relevance to the drug advertised and the listing of all the possible side effects is gross.

Shouldn’t the Dr. who Rx the drug or the dispensing pharmacist tell you, instead of the TV?