Backgrounder: As Obama Makes Pitch to AMA, the Group Tries to Call in its Political Investment in Congress (redOrbit)
AMA "acting like a typical special interest," says campaign finance watchdog group WASHINGTON, June 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Medical Association has spent $204.4 million to influence Congress and Administrations over the last ten years, and another $26.2 million in campaign contributions over the last two decades, according to a Public Campaign Action Fund review of data at the ...
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