The Center for Responsive Politics has a database tool you can use to see how much money your representatives have received from the health sector.
Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) and Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), all members of the Senate Finance Committee have received $1.5 million from pharmaceutical companies, $1.3 million from health insurers and $3 million from health professionals.
[Source: Center for Responsive Politics]
Access the tool http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2009/06/-name-office-party-health.html
Learn that Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), a member of the Senate health Committee, is the top recipient of pharmaceutical cash. Sen. Hatch has received $1.5 million from drug manufacturers since 1989. Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) has collected more money from health insurers than all other current members of Congress.
The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee that is playing a crucial role in health reform is Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.). Critic’s of the administration’s “public option” proposal have donated $3.1 million to Baucus since 1989.Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) and Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), all members of the Senate Finance Committee have received $1.5 million from pharmaceutical companies, $1.3 million from health insurers and $3 million from health professionals.
[Source: Center for Responsive Politics]
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