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JACKSON WEST, Adam Clack Estes, Jon Raymond,
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Jul. 24, 2009
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Feinstein doesn't seem to worry about health care costs when they are spent on her career. The industry is the sixth-largest donor to Feinstein's campaign funds since 2005, contributing over $300,000.
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Well referenced account of investigative sources report on Congressional payouts by the health care insurance industry.
This is the biggest problem with health care reform in Washington. Too many Congressmen are on insurance company campaign contribution (i.e. payoff?) payrolls. Feinstein is just the tip of the payoff iceberg, according to a Huffington Post investigative article
John McCain (R-AZ: $7,690,168)
John Kerry (D-MA: 7,453,749)
Arlen Spector (D-PA: $2,214,653)
Max Baucus (D-MT: $1,892,999*)
Charles Rangel (D-NY: $1,372,369)
Disclosure: Jon is involved in this story as an editor (review not included in overall rating).
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Congress is paid off. That's why it's so hard to pass meningful health care reform.