Astellas, AKA Asuterasu Seiyaku Kabushiki-gaisha, doesn’t want to play by the rules we have here in America. The Japanese pharmaceuticals company doesn’t want to help create jobs in the USA. Instead, it expects to be able to make some payments to a U.S. Congressman, who will introduce legislation to help them evade American manufacturing. Bob Dold is willing to play along with this game.
PAC hosts to this PhRMA luncheon are being asked to pay Geoff Davis $2,000 just for one plate of the PhRMA food.
A summary of the lobbyists who gave money to Congressman Jim Matheson in 2009.
With her involvement in events like these, where great deals of money are passing between Washington D.C. insiders, Kelly Ayotte’s credibility as a candidate who would seriously confront “backroom deals” is gravely damaged.
What on earth did the people meeting with Nathan Deal at the lobbying offices of the Stanton Park Group want to buy with the money they brought him?
The invitation for the Williams & Jensen lobbying fundraiser for Jim Costa advises that the minimum price of admission will be a $1,000 gift for Costa, to be his “friend”.
These Republican members of Congress allowed lobbyists for a foreign organization to slip special statements into their official speeches.
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