Two interesting facts about the health care debate
On Wed, 26 Jul 2017 07:26:59 -0400, John H
wrote:
I agree I have not heard of anything out of the Democrats or the
Republicans but they are both bought and paid for by the health
provider, pharma, lawyer, insurance industry.
Nobody wants to derail the gravy train.
This was big pharma last time
1 Clinton, Hillary (D) $2,069,203
2 Burr, Richard (R-NC) Senate $426,181
3 Ryan, Paul (R-WI) House $395,174
4 Portman, Rob (R-OH) Senate $388,896
5 Murray, Patty (D-WA) Senate $340,644
6 Paulsen, Erik (R-MN) House $334,900
7 McCarthy, Kevin (R-CA) House $323,650
8 Blunt, Roy (R-MO) Senate $318,984
9 Trump, Donald (R) $296,877
10 Shimkus, John M (R-IL) House $295,940
This is health care professionals
1 Clinton, Hillary (D) $10,155,044
2 Trump, Donald (R) $3,365,225
3 Sanders, Bernie (D) Senate $2,171,775
4 Cruz, Ted (R-TX) Senate $1,925,846
5 Carson, Ben (R) $1,319,233
6 Rubio, Marco (R-FL) Senate $1,258,363
7 Van Hollen, Chris (D-MD) House $802,059
8 Paul, Rand (R-KY) Senate $609,288
9 Heck, Joe (R-NV) House $586,968
10 Bush, Jeb (R) $529,147
This is the insurance industry
1 Clinton, Hillary (D) $2,492,387
2 Trump, Donald (R) $838,162
3 Rubio, Marco (R-FL) Senate $669,427
4 Ryan, Paul (R-WI) House $666,849
5 Cruz, Ted (R-TX) Senate $661,876
6 Portman, Rob (R-OH) Senate $626,163
7 Schumer, Charles E (D-NY) Senate $500,900
8 Toomey, Pat (R-PA) Senate $499,980
9 Bush, Jeb (R) $459,822
10 Burr, Richard (R-NC) Senate $442,675
This is the lawyers
1 Clinton, Hillary (D) $38,472,821
2 Van Hollen, Chris (D-MD) House $5,026,700
3 Rubio, Marco (R-FL) Senate $3,048,307
4 Kander, Jason (D-MO) $2,758,826
5 Bush, Jeb (R) $2,587,389
6 McGinty, Katie (D-PA) $2,369,554
7 Harris, Kamala D (D-CA) $2,205,335
8 Bennet, Michael F (D-CO) Senate $2,092,897
9 Schumer, Charles E (D-NY) Senate $1,999,158
10 Trump, Donald (R) $1,906,181
Do you see a pattern there? Why would anyone think Hillary was going
to do anything. She was the biggest recipient of the bribes.
Unreal. Thanks for digging that up. Hard to believe she still lost.
Opensecrets.org rolls up all of the FEC reports and lets you search
them in various ways. You can see where the money comes from and where
it goes. It explains a lot.
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