Monday, January 15, 2007

Republicans Got Big Money From Drug Companies

Why did 170 Republicans vote against the Medicare Prescription Drug Negotiation Act? The answer is simple--- many Republicans received campaign money from pharmaceutical companies/PACs/Lobbyists during the 2006 election. Need evidence? Open Secrets has the list of members of Congress and the amount of money they got. Here are two well-known Ohio Republican Congress members who voted against the Drug Negotiation Act and the money they got from drug companies for the 2006 election cycle:

Deborah Pryce (OH-15) $88,750 .................... John Boehner (OH-8) $59,475

Do you think they care that they voted against seniors? I hope they enjoyed those political contributions.