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Pharma Ally Kurt Schrader Cashes In on K Street

Pharma Ally Kurt Schrader Cashes In on K Street

Schrader’s new lobbying employer works for numerous drug companies like Pfizer and Sanofi, plus industry trade association PhRMA.
Donald Shaw May 25, 2023
Pharma Lobbyist-Run Group Places $300k Ad Buy for Kurt Schrader

Pharma Lobbyist-Run Group Places $300k Ad Buy for Kurt Schrader

The dark-money group Center Forward, which is buying the ads, has received millions from the pharmaceutical industry in recent years.
David Moore Mar 24, 2022
Deficit Hawk Henry Cuellar Makes it Rain for His Defense Donors

Deficit Hawk Henry Cuellar Makes it Rain for His Defense Donors

The Texas Democrat has taken hundreds of thousands from defense companies with histories of ripping off taxpayers.
Donald Shaw Feb 22, 2022
Deficit Fears Have Deep History in Corporate-Funded Democratic Party Groups

Deficit Fears Have Deep History in Corporate-Funded Democratic Party Groups

As corporate-backed Democrats threaten to block the party's reconciliation bill, their talking points draw on support from deficit scold allies among party leaders and well-funded ideological groups.
David Moore Sep 28, 2021
Blue Dog-Affiliated Website Blurs Line Between Newsroom and Political Advertiser

Blue Dog-Affiliated Website Blurs Line Between Newsroom and Political Advertiser

The Well News, founded by employees of a Blue Dog-affiliated nonprofit, appears to be exploiting a campaign finance loophole to run ads boosting Blue Dog Democrats.
Donald Shaw Sep 17, 2021

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