The Democrats shepherding Pelosi’s drug pricing bill have taken plenty of campaign cash from pharma
The fate of Nancy Pelosi’s drug pricing bill rests in the hands of lawmakers who’ve taken more campaign cash from drug makers than many other Democrats.
by Lev Facher
Sep 24, 2019
3 minutes
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WASHINGTON — The fate of Nancy Pelosi’s sweeping drug pricing bill rests in the hands of lawmakers who received more campaign contributions from the pharmaceutical industry than almost all other Democrats, according to a STAT review of campaign finance records.
Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.), who chairs the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, received $111,500 in contributions from pharmaceutical industry political
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