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According to the non-partisan OpenSecrets, pharmaceutical companies spent $900 million on lobbying between 1998 and 2005, more than any other industry. During the same period, they donated $89.9 million to federal candidates and political parties, giving approximately three times as much to Republicans as to Democrats. [1]
Roberts is a top donor to Republican politicians including Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin, [1] and Rand Paul. [citation needed] In 2010, he gave $750,000 to the campaign of Mitt Romney. [10] In 2012, Roberts contributed $1 million to a super PAC that supported U.S. Representative Allen West. [11]
Following this, with Pfizer’s acquisition of Warner Lambert, Katen managed the largest integration in the history of the U.S. pharmaceutical industry. [ 2 ] During the early 2000s, Katen was one of three Vice-Chairmen widely speculated to vie for the CEO position when then-CEO Henry "Hank" McKinnell Jr. was set to retire. [ 4 ]
The top-ranked donors who have concentrated their funds on Democrats, according to data released by the Federal Election Commission as of Oct. 17, are former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg ($42. ...
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Former President Donald Trump is pressing on with another bid for the White House. But this time around, Trump will be missing support from some prominent benefactors who once stood in his corner.
Service Employees International Union Committee on Political Education (SEIU COPE) – Washington, D.C. Transport Workers Union Political Contributions Committee – New York, NY; Transportation Communications International Union Responsible Citizens Political League – Rockville, MD; Working America PAC – Washington, D.C.
Last week, Foster Friess (right), one of the biggest private contributors to the the Republican party, complained to The Los Angeles Times that super PACs -- the political organizations that are ...