(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

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

WASHINGTON — – In the official record of the House debate on health care overhaul, the speeches of many lawmakers echo with similarities. Often, that was no accident. Statements by more than a dozen lawmakers …
Read Original Story: Lobbyists' words echo in House health debate – Chicago Tribune

Saturday, the New York Times reported on its website that in the healthcare reform debate, "Statements by more than a dozen lawmakers were ghostwritten, in whole or in part, by Washington lobbyists …
Read Original Story: Lobbyist Healthcare Talking Points Non-Scandal Shows Reform is Too Much, Too Fast – U.S. News & World Report

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)

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

Excellent story by nyt’s Robert Pear. Statements by more than a dozen members of congress weren’t their own but were written wholly or partly by lobbyists for Genentech, the biopharm company owned by Roche. The statements were put in the Congressional …
Read Original Story: Genentech ghostwrites congressional rhetoric – Baltimore Sun

The New York Times has learned that Genentech, a subsidiary of the Swiss drugmaker Roche, was able to get an estimated 42 House members from both sides of the aisle to use their exact talking points, written by their lobbyist, Matthew L. Berzok, …
Read Original Story: Reps Recited Same Lobbyist's Script in House Health Care Debate – New York Magazine

Here’s one of those stories that point up the utter sleaziness of the cozy lawmaker-lobbyist relationships that continue to shape so much of what Congress does. The New York Times reports that lobbyists for a major biotech company, Genentech, …
Read Original Story: Lawmakers' Statements On Health-Care Reform Were Ghost-Written By Lobbyists … – TPMMuckraker (blog)

For a depressing example of how members of Congress can be spoon-fed the views and even the exact words of high-powered lobbying firms, consider remarks inserted into the Congressional Record after the debate and vote on health care reform in the House …
Read Original Story: Puppets in Congress – New York Times