EXPANDING MY THINKING
Meet the 13 Democrats Who Opposed Lowering Drug Prices
by Salam Morcos about a year ago
Campaign contributions from Big Pharma appear to have a strong correlation with the voting behavior of Democratic Senators on this bill. Based on records from OpenSecrets.org, seven of the Senators who voted against the bill were in the top ten recipients of contributions from Big Pharma among Democratic Senators
Martin Heinrich – D NM
Joe Donnelly – D IN
Chris Coons – D DE
John Tester – D MT
Cory Booker – D NJ
Patty Murray – D WA
Bob Menendez – D NJ
Heidi Hietkamp – D ND
Michael Bennett – D CO
Tom Carper – D DE
Mark Warner - P VA
Bob Casey – D PA
Maria Cantwell – D WA