Any questions?
When is he up for re-election? Wasn’t he just re-elected in November?
Do you suppose Pharmaceutical companies SHOULDN’T lobby people who are shaping legislation that could torpedo their industry?
Should Airlines not lobby Congressmen more heavily who are on Transportation subcommittees?
Do you have something specific against “drug companies” and them looking out for the self interest of their employees and stockholders, when it is about to be negatively impacted by legislation?
As Sen. Max Baucus has taken the lead on health-reform legislation in the U.S. Senate, he's also become a leader in something else: Campaign money received from health- and insurance-industry interests. In the past six years, nearly one-fourth of every dime raised by Baucus, D-Mont., and his political-action committee has come from groups and individuals associated with drug companies, insurers, hospitals, medical-supply firms, health-service companies and other health professionals. These donations total about $3.4 million, or $1,500 a day, every day, from January 2003 through 2008. Baucus, who chairs the Senate Finance Committee that is drafting a major health-care reform bill this month, insists this cavalcade of money is not unduly influencing his work......and I'm sure, if this monstrosity passes, that those expecting a quid pro quo are gonna let him off the hook, no hard feelings.