Recalcitrant Blue Dogs Raked In Health Industry Cash

Huffington Post by Sam Stein | Jul. 28, 2009 (News Report)

The seven Blue Dog Democrats holding up health care reform legislation in the House Energy and Commerce Committee have received tens of thousands more dollars from health and insurance interests than other Democrats on the same committee, a new report finds. Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Business, Health
Topics: U.S. Congress, Money and Politics, Health Care, Corruption in Congress, Corruption
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Jul 28, 2009 - 11:27 AM PDT
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Jul 28, 2009 - 11:27 AM PDT
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 by Dwight Rousu - Jul. 28, 2009

Stein isolates out the health and insurance political contributions and staff plumb jobs used to pay for the blue dogs to obstruct the public will on health care.

Publicly financed elections are clearly called for. These dogs have sold out the public for bribe money.

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Tanya J. Maurer
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