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.
Corporate Dems’ Rapidly Growing ‘Dark Money’ Arm Tax documents reveal the group Center Forward received a record $18.8 million in 2021 and spent big to back conservative Democrats who bucked their party on drug pricing reforms.
Chevron-Funded Super PAC Boosted Oil-Friendly Dem in California Congressional Primary California Democrat Adam Gray advanced in the CA-13 primary after the super PAC ran ads for him, facing a candidate endorsed by state environmental groups.
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.
Pharma Front Group Hosted House Staffers at Luxury Resort Before BBB Vote Days before the House voted on the Build Back Better Act, Center Forward hosted dozens of congressional staffers to discuss policy issues with lobbyists.
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.
Blue Dog-Affiliated Group Runs Ads for Big Pharma Center Forward, a "dark money" group with major funding from Big Pharma, is running a Facebook ad campaign touting the pharmaceutical industry as its super PAC spends millions to re-elect Blue Dog Democrats.