Drug money: how PhRMA's front groups buy elections. (Gazette).(Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America)

WHO ARE THOSE GUYS? Connecticut voters can be forgiven for asking themselves that question after being inundated with radio and television spots sponsored by two senior-citizen groups that few had heard of before. The ads tout the Republican-backed Medicare prescription-drug bill that narrowly passed the U.S.

House of Representatives in June and go on to lavishly praise two Republican House incumbents--Nancy Johnson and Robert Simmons--who voted in favor of the drug-industry-backed bill. Not coincidentally, both incumbents face strong Democratic candidates in extremely tight races ...

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