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MAPLight.org Launches Money and Politics Search Engine for California and U.S. Congress


May 29, 2007 By

According to a post on Maplight.org, on May 7, the Senate passed an amendment to prevent consumers from buying prescription drugs from abroad. The pharmaceutical industry gave an average to $70,181 to each Senator voting yes on the amendment, more than 2.5 times as much as the average the industry gave to those who voted no. The industry-backed measure passed by a vote of 49 Yes to 40 No.

The Maplight Web site takes publicly available information and puts it in usable form so anyone can check up on their representatives' voting records on bills and compare it to contributions from interested parties.


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