Top Corporate PAC Money Recipient Leads GOP Tax Overhaul
Rep. Jason Smith, chair of the powerful tax-writing committee, took more PAC money from corporations last cycle than any House member since at least 2002.
Rep. Jason Smith, chair of the powerful tax-writing committee, took more PAC money from corporations last cycle than any House member since at least 2002.
Nearly all of it is coming from PACs of companies like Amazon, Humana, Raytheon, and Pfizer.
New state maps make major changes in the Massachusetts First Congressional District.
Richard Neal, the top House recipient of insurance industry cash, rewrote the Democrats' family leave proposal so insurance companies can keep skimming profits.
Richard Neal supported closing the carried interest loophole in 2007, then began receiving more donations from the securities and investment industry.
Neal's Q1 FEC report shows donations from PACs of companies with tax rates as low as -34% last year.
Secret pay-to-play systems used by both parties have led to key committees being run by the most corporate PAC-reliant members of Congress.
Friends, family, and staff of Rep. Richard Neal have all benefited from the revolving door linking Springfield and K Street, at great cost to Massachusetts residents.
The ad features a headline from a Sludge article that found that Neal was the top recipient of corporate PAC donations in 2019.
The American Hospital Association is boosting the Massachusetts Democrat who blocked surprise billing reform.