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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]
Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy [a] (born August 9, 1985) is an Indian American entrepreneur and politician. He founded Roivant Sciences, a pharmaceutical company, in 2014.In February 2023, Ramaswamy declared his candidacy for the Republican Party nomination in the 2024 United States presidential election.
In June 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt signed into law the Pure Food and Drug Act, also known as the "Wiley Act" after its chief advocate. [1] The Act prohibited, under penalty of seizure of goods, the interstate transport of food which had been "adulterated," with that term referring to the addition of fillers of reduced "quality or strength," coloring to conceal "damage or inferiority ...
Philanthropy in the United States is the practice of voluntary, charitable giving by individuals, corporations and foundations to benefit important social needs. Its long history dates back to the early colonial period, when Puritans founded Harvard College and other institutions.
Why: Approximately 250,000 people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington to highlight the political and social challenges facing the African-American community. The march was first ...
Public concern over the influence of large donors in political campaigns was reflected in a 2018 opinion poll which found that 74% of Americans surveyed thought it was "very" important that "people who give a lot of money to elected officials" "not have more political influence than other people", [note 1] but that 72% thought this was "not at ...
Grant and the Whiskey Ring. A group led by President Ulysses S. Grant’s private secretary Gen. Orville E. Babcock conspired to skim tax revenue to help fund Grant’s re-election campaign in 1871.
Following a rather disastrous first debate with former President Donald Trump, many are left with doubts as to the future of current President Joe Biden's campaign for a second term. Many ...