I giggled all the way through today’s front-page New York Times piece on the number of House members — Dems and Reps alike — have picked up talking points from speech drafts provided by lobbyists for Genentech, and asked that the statements be put in …
Read Original Story: Congressfolk pick up lobbyists' talking points — and the press is shocked! – True/Slant
A not-so-shocking article from the New York Times reports 22 Republicans and 20 Democrats used eerily similar statements on health care reform from a speech written for lawmakers by lobbyists working for one of the world’s largest biotechnology …
Read Original Story: Lobbyists write health care reform speeches for Reps., including Lynn Jenkins – Examiner.com
Money talks. It always has. The New York Times reported today, November 15, that forty-two members of the American House of Representatives were influenced in public presentations by a drug company. Roche is a giant Swiss drug company. …
Read Original Story: Lobbyists' influence and control in congress – Examiner.com
“One of the reasons I have long supported the US biotechnology industry is that it is a homegrown success story that has been an engine of job creation in this country.” This written statement by Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina on the health care …
Read Original Story: In House, Many Spoke With One Voice: Lobbyists' – New York Times
It looks like the official House of Representatives debate record needs to open an account with turnitin.com. According to an article in The New York Times, a whole bunch of the speeches given by Democrats and Republicans over the …
Read Original Story: Lobbyists write the script, reps follow – Central Florida Future
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lobbyists working for biotech company Genentech wrote statements for more than a dozen lawmakers in the official record of the House debate on the health care bill, The New York Times reported on Sunday, citing e-mails. …
Read Original Story: Lawmakers used Genentech statements: report – Reuters
(ChattahBox)—The New York Times today, has taken notice of dozens of remarkable similarities in statements read into the official House record during the debate of the historical passage of the health reform bill. Coincidence? Apparently not. …
Read Original Story: Health Care Lobbyists Caught Ghostwriting for Lawmakers – ChattahBox
Genentech and its parent, Roche (RHHBY.PK), paid lobbyists nearly $15 million in 2008 and 2009 as they urged congressmen to support the biotech industry’s interests in the healthcare bill and other legislation. …
Read Original Story: What Genentech and Roche Got From Congress for $15M – BNET
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. An example: two separate …
Read Original Story: Biotech Lobbyists Provided Grist for Lawmakers' Health Care Statements – Politics Daily (blog)
