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. 2018 Sep 6;320(14):1489–1491. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.11338

Table 1. Campaign Contributions to Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee During the 2016 Election Cyclea.

Member Contribution Amount, $
Amerisource Cardinal McKessonb Allerganb Endo Johnson & Johnson Mallinckrodt Mylan Purdue Teva Total
Frank Pallone Jr (D, NJ) 10 000 10 000 10 000 2000 10 000 2000 2500 10 000 56 500
John M. Shimkus (R, IL) 9500 4500 10 000 6000 2000 8500 10 000 1000 5000 56 500
Ryan Costello (R, PA) 8000 2000 10 000 10 000 5000 2500 7500 45 000
Fred Upton (R, MI) 10 000 2500 9350 7500 5000 2500 2500 39 350
Diana DeGette (D, CO) 7500 5000 10 000 9000 1000 5000 37 500
Brett Guthrie (R, KY) 10 000 5000 10 000 4500 1500 6000 37 000
Michael Burgess (R, TX) 6000 2500 10 000 5000 3000 1000 27 500
Marsha Blackburn (R, TN) 2000 7500 10 000 4500 1000 2000 27 000
Susan Brooks (R, IN) 2500 7000 10 000 2500 4000 1000 27 000
Gene Green (D, TX) 3500 2500 10 000 7500 1000 2500 27 000
Joe Kennedy III (D, MA) 6000 10 000 9000 2000 27 000
Gus Bilirakis (R, FL) 4500 10 000 3500 1000 7500 26 500
Leonard Lance (R, NJ) 5000 10 000 1000 8500 24 500
Robert E. Latta (R) 3000 10 000 10 000 500 1000 24 500
Greg Walden (R, OR)c 2500 2500 10 000 7000 1500 23 500
Doris O. Matsui (D, CA) 10 000 2500 5000 3000 1000 1500 23 000
Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R, WA) 9000 5000 5000 4000 23 000
Anna Eshoo (D, CA) 4500 10 000 8000 22 500
Steve Scalise (R, LA) 10 000 10 000 1000 21 000
Buddy Carter (R, GA) 8000 2500 10 000 20 500
David McKinley (R, WV) 7500 5000 1000 7000 20 500
Bill Flores (R, TX) 5000 15 000 20 000
Mimi Walters (R, CA) 500 5000 8500 2500 2000 1000 19 500
Scott Peters (D, CA) 2750 10 000 5500 1000 19 250
Chris Collins (R, NY) 2500 3000 7000 6000 18 500
Peter Welch (D, VT) 7000 2500 5000 3000 1000 18 500
G. K. Butterfield (D, NC) 4000 7500 2000 1000 2500 17 000
Billy Long (R, MO) 5000 6000 5000 16 000
Bill Johnson (R, OH) 4500 7000 3500 15 000
Ben R. Lujan (D, NM) 4500 7500 2500 14 500
Tony Cardenas (D, CA) 1500 3000 5000 1000 2500 1000 14 000
Morgan Griffith (R, VA) 2000 2000 2500 7500 14 000
Kurt Schrader (D, OR) 10 000 1000 11 000
Paul Tonko (D, NY) 3500 7500 11 000
Larry Bucshon (R, IN) 7500 1000 1000 9500
Raul Ruiz (D, CA) 3250 5000 1000 9250
Adam Kinzinger (R, IL) 9000 9000
Pete Olson (R, TX) 2500 2000 1000 2000 1000 8500
Markwayne Mullin (R, OK) 2000 1000 5000 8000
Joe Barton (R, TX) 7500 7500
Mike Doyle (D, PA) 1000 2500 2500 6000
Debbie Dingell (D, MI) 2500 2500 5000
Richard Hudson (R, NC) 2500 2000 4500
Jerry McNerney (D, CA) 2500 2500
Yvette D. Clarke (D, NY) 2000 2000
David Loebsack (D, IA) 2000 2000
Kevin Cramer (R, ND) 500 1000 1500
Eliot L. Engel (D, NY) 1000 1000
Gregg Harper (R, MS) 1000 1000
Totald 154 500 112 000 301 350 44 500 33 000 150 500 16 500 27 000 5000 78 000 922 350
a

Source: Center for Responsive Politics, Open Secrets (https://www.opensecrets.org/open-data). Members who did not receive payments: Kathy Castor (D, MI), Jeff Duncan (D, SC), Bobby Rush (D, IL), John Sarbanes (D, MD), Janice Schakowsky (D, IL), Tim Walberg (R, MI). Political action committees (PACs) associated with firms of interest: AmerisourceBergen Corporation PAC; Cardinal Health Inc PAC aka Cardinal Health Companies PAC; McKesson Corporation Employees Political Fund; US Oncology Inc Network PAC; Allergan Inc PAC; Allergan Inc PAC for Employees; Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc PAC; Johnson & Johnson PAC; Mallinckrodt LLC PAC; Mylan Inc PAC; Purdue Pharma Inc PAC; Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc PAC. Included were 2 employee-funded PACs because there is evidence that corporate interests also drive employee PACs.6

b

Associated with 2 PACs.

c

Committee chair.

d

Mean contribution, $18 823; median, $18 500 (range, $1000-$56 500).