Drug Dealer.(lobbying of the pharmaceutical industry)

The meanest man in Congress is the pharmaceutical industry's sweetheart.

When Eli Lilly, the $10-billion pharmaceutical giant, was deciding last year where to invest its campaign contributions most profitably, an obvious was Representative Bill Thomas, the California Republican who currently chairs the House Ways and Means Committee and who is far and away the most important member of Congress on legislation related to health care, Medicare, and prescription drugs. The company funneled $13,000 to his campaign war chest, making it the number-one contributor among Thomas's long ...

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