Commemorative Series No. 2 · The Drug Money
OUTSPENTNo. 30/54
Richard
Shelby
U.S. Senate · R-AL
Taken from pharma & insurers
$27,163
H.R.1 · Medicare drug-price ban · 2003tap to flip ⤺
WHO THEY WORK FORNo. 30/54
Pharma & Health$27,163
Banned Medicare from negotiating drug prices for 19 years. Once it could (2024), prices fell 38–79%. · 108-1-459OUTSPENT
Card 30 of 54 · tap the card to see who they work for
Beyond the check
The check is only the part you can see.
They took
$27,163
The industry spent on the bill
$116M
on drug-industry lobbying in 2003, about ten lobbyists for every senator
Through the leadership PAC
Beyond the campaign account, a leadership PAC under Shelby's control (Defend America PAC) took $499,500 from banks, card lenders, drug makers and insurers.
Source: FEC; Defend America PAC
The industry figure is lobbying spent on the bill, not a payment to this senator. Source: Public Citizen (2004); Center for Public Integrity. Everything here is documented public record; nothing alleges an illegal act.
★ Hall of Shame
Shelby voted with the money in more than one set:
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Pharma & Health$27,163
Johnson & Johnson$27,163