Tag Archive: Pfizer

Where does Pfizer spend its money on Capitol Hill?

by Palmer Gibbs

investigations

May 1, 2014 2:43 pm

As Pfizer, a heavy hitter in U.S. politics, looks at a renewed bid to acquire U.K.-based AstraZeneca, the pharmaceutical giant sees the billions of dollars it could save in taxes if the deal goes through.

Grimm tales: Money kept rolling into NY congressman pre-indictment

by Kathy Kiely

investigations

Apr 29, 2014 1:01 pm

Big donors kept on funding Rep. Michael Grimm's campaign despite the New York Republicans legal and PR troubles.

How Big Pharma (and others) began lobbying on the Trans-Pacific Partnership before you ever heard of it

by Lee Drutman

investigations

Mar 13, 2014 9:10 am

From 2009 until mid-2013, drug companies and associations mentioned the Trans-Pacific Partnership in 251 separate lobbying reports – two and a half times more than the next most active industry.

Big PACs contribute $83,000 to super committee members

by Bill Allison

investigations

Oct 6, 2011 9:30 am

The political action committees of Lockheed Martin, the National Association of Realtors, Pfizer and Chevron all reported making contributions to members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction--better known as the super committee--in the roughly 20 days of August after House and Senate leadership appointed them to the panel.

PACs for 19 of the biggest political donors in the country, as determined by Center for Responsive Politics, have reported contributing more than $83,000 to 10 of the 12 members of the super committee or their leadership PACs, Federal Eelection Commission filings show. It's the first glimpse available ...