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Friday, July 31, 2009

Industry Is Generous To Influential Bloc

Blue Dogs, key brokers in shaping health bills, see surge in contributions

WASHINGTON
- On June 19, Rep. Mike Ross of Arkansas made clear that he and a group of other conservative Democrats known as the Blue Dogs were increasingly unhappy with the direction that health-care legislation was taking in the House.

"The committees' draft falls short," the former pharmacy owner said in a statement that day, citing, among other things, provisions that major health-care companies also strongly oppose.

Five days later, Ross was the guest of honor at a special "health-care industry reception," one of at least seven fundraisers for the Arkansas lawmaker held by health-care companies or their lobbyists this year, according to publicly available invitations.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

BINGO! I guess we can summize Joe is on the take as well.