{"id":76763,"date":"2021-07-31T16:48:53","date_gmt":"2021-07-31T20:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=76763"},"modified":"2021-07-31T16:50:18","modified_gmt":"2021-07-31T20:50:18","slug":"isnt-this-why-big-pharma-owns-and-operates-the-u-s-congress-and-both-major-parties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=76763","title":{"rendered":"Isn’t this why Big Pharma<\/i> owns and operates the U.S. Congress and both Major Parties?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Drugmakers Funnel Millions To Lawmakers; A Few Dozen Get
\n$100,000-Plus<\/strong><\/h1>\n

By Emmarie Huetteman and Sydney Lupkin
\nKHN<\/p>\n

Before the midterm elections heated up, dozens of drugmakers had already poured about $12 million into the war chests of hundreds of members of Congress.<\/p>\n

Since the beginning of last year, 34 lawmakers have each received more than $100,000 from pharmaceutical companies. Two of those \u2014 Reps. Greg Walden of Oregon, a key Republican committee chairman, and Kevin McCarthy of California, the House Republican majority leader \u2014 each received more than $200,000, a new Kaiser Health News database shows.<\/p>\n

As voters prepare to go to the polls, they can use a new database, \u201cPharma Cash to Congress,\u201d<\/a> tracking up to 10 years of pharmaceutical company contributions to any or all members of Congress, illuminating drugmakers\u2019 efforts to influence legislation.<\/p>\n

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The drug industry ranks among lawmakers\u2019 most generous patrons. In the past decade, Congress has received $79 million from 68 pharma political action committees, or PACs, run by employees of companies that make drugs treating everything from cancer to erectile dysfunction.<\/p>\n

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