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CAMPAIGN REFORM
FACT SHEET
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Pharmaceutical Industry Money Targeted Key 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008
Committees and Incumbents
• Pharmaceutical industry contributions were targeted at Figure 2: Pharmaceutical Industry Lobbying
members of the relevant commerce and tax committees Expenditures (millions), 1999-2008
responsibility for industry regulation
• The top ten Senate recipients of industry contributions in
$250
2008 served on the key oversight committees:
Appropriations, Budget, Finance, or Commerce
• Members of the relevant Senate committees received an $200
average of $210,432 in industry contributions, nearly three Lobbying
times the Senate average of $81,891 $150
• Nine of the top ten targeted House recipients in 2008
served on the Energy and Commerce or Ways and Means $100
Committees, or in House leadership
• Targeted Members received an average of $163,280 in
$50
industry contributions, six times the House average
• Pharmaceutical industry contributions favored
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incumbents by a factor of nine to one (89%)
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008