The Public Campaign Action Fund issued a press release today showing that the largest 13 health insurers and their trade association spent $2.7 million per month in the 3rd quarter lobbying to fight off health care reform.

The Wall Street Journal reports that after taking a brief respite while receiving government bail-outs, Wall Street is upping their campaign giving and lobbying efforts to fight off finance industry regulation efforts in Congress.

The National Journal has a story today showing the top 25 spenders in the health care debate, based on total lobbying expenses for the first half of 2009.

Public Campaign Action Fund issued part two of its report on efforts by the insurance industry to kill health care reform with huge amounts of campaign giving and lobbying expenditures.

Public Campaign Action Fund has issued a press release today detailing the huge amount of campaign contributions and lobbying expenses being doled out by the HMO and insurance industries in their effort to kill health care reform.

The Washington Post reports today on the revolving door of ex-congressional staffers who are now lobbying their former bosses in the health care reform debate in Congress.