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Lobbying is defined as: To try to influence the thinking of legislators or other public officials for or against a specific cause A lobbyist is a person who tries to influence legislation on behalf of a special interest or a member of a lobby. Lobbyists from business sectors and special interest groups wield a huge influence over Congress. From the Teamsters Union to Microsoft or the National Association Realtors, among others, millions and millions of dollars are spent each year by these companies convincing our representatives to vote in their best interests (which are not necessarily ours). The most powerful of these lobbies is the Pharmaceutical Industry, it's trade groups and manufacturing companies. Outnumbering our representatives in Washington two to one they spend tens of millions of dollars per year convincing Congress to vote their way, keeping drug prices high, extending patents, preventing importation of lower priced drugs from Canada and preventing Medicare from negotiating lower drug prices. And year after year the industry spending the largest amount of money to get our representatives to vote their way is the Pharmaceutical Industry.
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| Not only is the Pharmaceutical lobby the biggest spender in Washington but they keep spending more (so it must be working). Pharmaceutical / Health Product Lobby Spending (by year)
In Washington DC Pharmaceutical Lobbyists outnumber members of Congress two to one. For every congressman there are two professional pharma lobbyists either from one of the pharmaceutical trade groups or pharmaceutical manufacturer.
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The statistics shown on this page were compiled from the following:
The Center for Responsive Politics: OpenSecrets.org
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