BLUE DOG DEMOCRATS: (Health care) Industry Is Generous To Influential Bloc

A look at career contribution patterns also shows that typical Blue Dogs receive significantly more money -- about 25 percent -- from the health-care and insurance sectors than other Democrats, putting them closer to Republicans in attracting industry support.

Most of the major corporations and trade groups in those sectors are regular contributors to the Blue Dog PAC. They include drugmakers such as Pfizer and Novartis; insurers such as WellPoint and Northwestern Mutual Life; and industry organizations such as America's Health Insurance Plans. The American Medical Association also has been one of the top contributors to individual Blue Dog members over the past 20 years.

Many liberal Democrats and advocates of health-care reform were angry about the compromise bill and view the Blue Dogs as being too cozy with drugmakers, hospitals and insurers, and they argue that the conservative Democrats should be more supportive of the agenda set by President Obama and Democratic leaders.

"The Blue Dogs are carrying water for the industry instead of their constituents," said Richard Kirsch, national campaign manager for Health Care for America Now, a liberal pro-reform group. "In effect, the Blue Dogs and the Republicans are taking positions that are closer all the time and further away from what most Americans want."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/30/AR2009073004267.html

for a reason--they expect something in return.

on money spent on these traitorous bums. Blue dogs are a disgrace, they are not representing the people and they should be ousted, what goes around comes around, they may as well be rethugs. We have a majority, why the hell is this taking so long to accomplish? We should be turning things around to suit the people FINALLY, hell GW didn't waste time did he?

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he wrought and righting the wrongs whilst we can.

and their numbers are significant enough that they can use a bully pulpit.
I hope voters do not forget these traitors.
I hope they lose their asses in the next election.

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