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Orrin Hatch Paid Big By Radiologists After Advancing Radiology Bill

Posted on September 26 2011 by Congress Watcher

Orrin Hatch supported radiologists in their effort to restrict the free and open use of medical imaging devices. Then, the American College of Radiology made a big independent expenditure to support the re-election of Orrin Hatch to the U.S. Senate.

Abbott Laboratories Coordinated Contributions Prop Up Steve Stivers

Posted on August 31 2010 by Congressional Aid

The pharmaceutical corporation Abbott Laboratories is not fond of Mary Jo Kilroy. In her first term in Congress, Rep. Kilroy has pushed against “Pay to Delay,” the practice in which big drug manufacturers pay off generic suppliers to keep inexpensive medicine off the market. She also cosponsored H.R. 684, a bill that would have saved [...]

Steve Stivers Fact Check: Was Kilroy Fundraiser Payback for Killing Tort Reform?

Posted on June 30 2010 by Congressional Aid

The Republican Party candidate for Ohio’s 15th District congressional seat (currently held by centrist Democrat Mary Jo Kilroy) is former banking lobbyist Steve Stivers. This Monday, Stivers sent out an accusatory e-mail. It reads: Dear Friend and Supporter – While I was going door to door and volunteering at the Hilltop Bean Dinner and London [...]

Blue Dog Democrats Wreck Health Care Reform

Posted on July 29 2009 by Congress Watcher

In 2008, there was a great deal of hope for meaningful health care reform. In 2009, those hopes are evaporating, as it looks like the “reform” legislation is little more than a shell game that won’t provide Americans with the coverage that they need. This time around, the Democrats don’t have the Republicans to blame. It’s the Blue Dog Democrats who have wrecked the reform process.

H.R. 2332: A Bill to Reward Peaceful Service and Enable Medical Education

Posted on May 13 2009 by Congressional Aid

You’ve got to be rich to head into medical school without ending up in a mortgage-sized amount of debt, unless you promise to devote yourself to military service ahead of time. First-term Representative Michael McMahon has in mind some kind of parallel reward for peaceful community service with the introduction of H.R. 2332. McMahon’s bill [...]

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