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Political speech is bought and paid for in the US - Congress is a joke. http://tr.im/F0PX 11/16/2009 |
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Healthcare Reform exposes political corruption! Don't be fooled by the lifesciences lobby http://bit.ly/3ViGAS 11/16/2009 |
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RT @theatavist Anybody wanna buy a Congressperson? Reps from both parties parrot lobbyist text verbatim on House floor: http://bit.ly/14ZF7Y 11/16/2009 |
Heckuva Job
Eschaton —
That's what we pay them for. WASHINGTON — In the official record of the historic House debate on overhauling health care, the speeches of many lawmakers echo with similarities. Often, that was no accident. Statements by more than a dozen lawmakers were ghostwritten, in whole or in part, by Washington lobbyists working for Genentech, one of the world’s largest biotechnology companies. E-mail messages obtained by The New York Times show that the lobbyists drafted one statement for Democrats and another for Republicans. ...
Lawmakers' Health Care Statements Ghostwritten by Corporate Lobbyists
Open Left - Quick Hits's RSS Feed —
NYT: In House Record, Many Spoke With One Voice: Lobbyists'
WASHINGTON - In the official record of the historic House debate on overhauling health care, the speeches of many lawmakers echo with similarities. Often, that was no accident.
Statements by more than a dozen lawmakers were ghostwritten, in whole or in part, by Washington lobbyists working for Genentech, one of the world's largest biotechnology companies.
E-mail messages obtained by The New York Times show that the lobbyists drafted one statement for Democrats and another for ...
Bio-similar drugs and verbally similar statements
The Reality-Based Community —
Rep. Joe (You Lie!”) Wilson (R-SC), speaking on the health care bill: One of the reasons I have long supported the U.S. biotechnology industry is that it is a homegrown success story that has been an engine of job creation in this country. Unfortunately, many of the largest companies that would seek to enter the biosimilar market have made their money by outsourcing their research to foreign countries like India. When two (or more) students submit verbally identical answers to the same assignment, it’s not hard to guess that at most one of them actually did the work, and both of them are going to spent an unpleasant half-hour with the Dean of Students. The same inference ...
Biotech Lobbyists Provided Grist for Lawmakers' Health Care Statements
Politics Daily —
... Statements put into the Congressional Record by more than a dozen House members were ghostwritten in whole or part by lobbyists working for Genentech, one of the world's largest biotechnology firms, the New York Times reports. ...
'Bipartisan Coup'
Greatscat! —
... NYT : WASHINGTON — In the official record of the historic House debate on overhauling health care, the speeches of many lawmakers echo with similarities. Often, that was no accident. Statements by more than a dozen lawmakers were ghostwritten, in whole or in part, by Washington lobbyists working for Genentech, one of the world’s largest biotechnology companies. E-mail messages obtained by The New York Times show that the lobbyists drafted one statement for Democrats and another for Republicans. The lobbyists, employed by Genentech and by two Washington law firms, were ...
House Members Parroting Lobbyist Talking Points
Matthew Yglesias —
... It’s naive to think we’ll ever be governed by angels, but norms and culture do matter for how people behave. And one of our problems in the United States is that the norms currently prevailing on Capitol Hill are not very admirable, and the culture is largely one of shamelessness and irresponsibility. Which is how you get stories like this about members of congress—from both parties—entering into the congressional record statements written by lobbyists for Genentech. ...
Where Did You Hear That Before?
Delaware Liberal —
Lobbyists ghostwrote a few, no, several, no, many speeches that uttered during the historic health care debate last week reports The New York Times . Statements by more than a dozen lawmakers were ghostwritten, in whole or in part, by Washington lobbyists working for Genentech, one of the world’s largest biotechnology companies. E-mail messages obtained by The New York Times show that the lobbyists drafted one statement for Democrats and another for Republicans. How many is many? The New York Times reports that some “42 House members picked up some of its talking points — 22 ...
Early Word: China, Detainees and K.S.M.
The Caucus —
After a whirlwind Friday, it’s been a relatively quiet weekend in Washington. President Obama lands in Shanghai this morning (if you’re in the United States) or tonight (in China). On Monday he will meet with the city’s mayor and China President Hu Jintao. In an article ...
Pulling the strings
Political Animal —
PULLING THE STRINGS.... Nothing inspires confidence in Congress more than having lawmakers almost literally reading the script prepared for them by lobbyists . In the official record of the historic House debate on overhauling health care, the speeches of many lawmakers echo with similarities. Often, that was no accident. Statements by more than a dozen lawmakers were ghostwritten, in whole or in part, by Washington lobbyists working for Genentech, one of the world's largest biotechnology companies. E-mail messages obtained by The New York Times show that the lobbyists ...
Biotech Industry Needs 42 Representatives to Try to Refute Jane Hamsher
Firedoglake —
On October 29, Jane wrote a scathing post about what Anna Eshoo’s provision to give biosimilars a route to approval would do, focusing on the 12 years–and probably more–of monopoly it would grant.
The following day–October 30–Eshoo responded.
On November 2, Jane ripped apart some of Eshoo’s details. She reminded Eshoo that no lesser legislative whiz than Henry Waxman has made the same argument Jane was making. She pointed out that taxpayers have already paid for many of these drugs.
Meanwhile, a bunch of earnest medical students started pressuring law-makers directly. ...
Lobbyists Pull Luetkemeyer's Strings
Fired Up! Missouri —
The New York Times reports today that Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer and more than a dozen of his colleagues in Congress passed on statements in their names that were, in fact, written by lobbyists for the biotech company Genentech.
Statements by more than a dozen lawmakers were ghostwritten, in whole or in part, by Washington lobbyists working for Genentech, one of the world’s largest biotechnology companies...
In separate statements using language suggested by the lobbyists, Representatives Blaine Luetkemeyer of Missouri and Joe Wilson of South Carolina, both Republicans, said: ...
Morning Links
The Agitator —
... children for other reasons. I agree with him. Seems like there are First and Fourteenth Amendment issues, here.
Dog bed.
This is one brave Russian cop.
Ah, the 80s. Look for brief Alan Thicke appearance at the end.
Just under a million dollars in stimulus money headed to two drug task forces in Alabama. Because more jailed drug offenders is just what Alabama’s economy needs.
The only thing surprising about this is how many people seem to be surprised by it.
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No sense even pretending anymore
dustbury.com —
Who said this?
“One of the reasons I have long supported the U.S. biotechnology industry is that it is a homegrown success story that has been an engine of job creation in this country.”
Was it:
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO)
Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC)
All of the above
The answer is C:
Statements by more than a dozen lawmakers were ghostwritten, in whole or in part, by Washington lobbyists working for Genentech, one of the world’s largest biotechnology ...
Aaron E. Carroll: I Am a Scorpion. It Is My Nature.
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
The fable, as it is told, involves a scorpion and a
frog. The scorpion needs to cross a
river, so he asks the frog to carry him on his back. The frog is skeptical; after all, scorpions
kill. The scorpion calms the frog,
explaining that if he stung him on the swim across, they would both die. Therefore, the frog can be assured the
scorpion will do no such thing. “Trust me,” says the scorpion. “We’re in this
together.”
Halfway across the river, the scorpion stings the frog. As
the frog seizes up and they both begin to sink, the frog croaks, “Why?”
“I am a ...
Hilary Kramer: The Fight For Biogenerics
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
You know a health care bill isn't right for the American people when it carves out a legal monopoly for Big Pharma and Botox, but I suppose it helps when the sponsor of these Congressional goodies is good friends with the Speaker of the House.
If there were an award for Congressional monopolist of the year, it should go to Representative Anna Eshoo of California, who, very quietly, has served to hand Allergan, the maker of Botox, and Amgen, the main opponent of affordable generic biotech drugs, the guaranteed market protections for which they have so aggressively lobbied.
Eshoo should know better. But the lobbying for special ...
