Pharmaceutical Industry
PhRMA - Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers
What They Defend
The largest single-sector lobbying spender in Washington most years. Opposes Medicare drug price negotiation, generic drug competition, and drug importation. Supports extended patent protections to maintain monopoly pricing.
Key Political Positions
- xOppose Medicare drug price negotiation
- xBlock drug importation from Canada
- xExtend pharmaceutical patents
- xOppose price transparency mandates
- xLimit generic drug competition
Politicians This Lobby Has Funded
Lisa Blunt RochesterDEM
Senator - Delaware
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$1.41M
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Brett GuthrieREP
Representative - Kentucky
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$195K
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Scott PetersDEM
Representative - California
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$145K
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Richard HudsonREP
Representative - North Carolina
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$118K
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Earl CarterREP
Representative - Georgia
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$111K
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John JoyceREP
Representative - Pennsylvania
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$99K
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Marsha BlackburnREP
Senator - Tennessee
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$89K
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Katherine ClarkDEM
Representative - Massachusetts
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$76K
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Bill CassidyREP
Senator - Louisiana
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$71K
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Bonnie Watson ColemanDEM
Representative - New Jersey
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$67K
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Gus BilirakisREP
Representative - Florida
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$66K
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Diana DeGetteDEM
Representative - Colorado
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$65K
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Jason SmithREP
Representative - Missouri
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$62K
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Josh GottheimerDEM
Representative - New Jersey
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$62K
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Bradley SchneiderDEM
Representative - Illinois
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$62K
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Richard NealDEM
Representative - Massachusetts
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$62K
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Neal DunnREP
Representative - Florida
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$59K
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H. GriffithREP
Representative - Virginia
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$58K
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Steve DainesREP
Senator - Montana
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$57K
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Vern BuchananREP
Representative - Florida
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$56K
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Tom EmmerREP
Representative - Minnesota
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$55K
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Roger MarshallREP
Senator - Kansas
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$55K
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J. CorreaDEM
Representative - California
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$55K
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Kevin HernREP
Representative - Oklahoma
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$54K
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Darin LaHoodREP
Representative - Illinois
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$54K
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Robin KellyDEM
Representative - Illinois
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$53K
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Jodey ArringtonREP
Representative - Texas
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$53K
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Adrian SmithREP
Representative - Nebraska
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$53K
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Frank PalloneDEM
Representative - New Jersey
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$49K
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Kevin MullinDEM
Representative - California
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$48K
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Gregory MurphyREP
Representative - North Carolina
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$47K
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John CurtisREP
Senator - Utah
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$46K
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Troy BaldersonREP
Representative - Ohio
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$46K
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Christopher CoonsDEM
Senator - Delaware
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Jay ObernolteREP
Representative - California
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Lloyd SmuckerREP
Representative - Pennsylvania
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Deborah RossDEM
Representative - North Carolina
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Frank MrvanDEM
Representative - Indiana
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Mike CrapoREP
Senator - Idaho
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Dan CrenshawREP
Representative - Texas
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Suzan DelBeneDEM
Representative - Washington
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Pete AguilarDEM
Representative - California
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Guy ReschenthalerREP
Representative - Pennsylvania
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Tim ScottREP
Senator - South Carolina
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Gary PetersDEM
Senator - Michigan
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Thomas TillisREP
Senator - North Carolina
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Diana HarshbargerREP
Representative - Tennessee
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Mazie HironoDEM
Senator - Hawaii
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James ComerREP
Representative - Kentucky
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Terri SewellDEM
Representative - Alabama
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Marc VeaseyDEM
Representative - Texas
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Ami BeraDEM
Representative - California
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$34K
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Randy FeenstraREP
Representative - Iowa
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Jacky RosenDEM
Senator - Nevada
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Tim KaineDEM
Senator - Virginia
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Yvette ClarkeDEM
Representative - New York
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Robert MenendezDEM
Representative - New Jersey
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Chrissy HoulahanDEM
Representative - Pennsylvania
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Carol MillerREP
Representative - West Virginia
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Blake MooreREP
Representative - Utah
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Kat CammackREP
Representative - Florida
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$27K
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Joni ErnstREP
Senator - Iowa
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Angela AlsobrooksDEM
Senator - Maryland
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Tom ColeREP
Representative - Oklahoma
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Shelley CapitoREP
Senator - West Virginia
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Claudia TenneyREP
Representative - New York
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Mike ThompsonDEM
Representative - California
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Susan CollinsREP
Senator - Maine
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Deb FischerREP
Senator - Nebraska
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$24K
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James LankfordREP
Senator - Oklahoma
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$22K
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Doris MatsuiDEM
Representative - California
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Brendan BoyleDEM
Representative - Pennsylvania
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August PflugerREP
Representative - Texas
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Jake AuchinclossDEM
Representative - Massachusetts
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Madeleine DeanDEM
Representative - Pennsylvania
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$21K
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W. SteubeREP
Representative - Florida
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$21K
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Jim BanksREP
Senator - Indiana
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Joseph MorelleDEM
Representative - New York
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Lori TrahanDEM
Representative - Massachusetts
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Marilyn StricklandDEM
Representative - Washington
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John MoolenaarREP
Representative - Michigan
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Beth Van DuyneREP
Representative - Texas
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Stacey PlaskettDEM
Representative - Virgin Islands
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Julia BrownleyDEM
Representative - California
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Joyce BeattyDEM
Representative - Ohio
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Henry JohnsonDEM
Representative - Georgia
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Mitch McConnellREP
Senator - Kentucky
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Ted BuddREP
Senator - North Carolina
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Bill HagertyREP
Senator - Tennessee
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Tammy DuckworthDEM
Senator - Illinois
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Valerie FousheeDEM
Representative - North Carolina
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James ClyburnDEM
Representative - South Carolina
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Nellie PouDEM
Representative - New Jersey
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Rudy YakymREP
Representative - Indiana
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Mike CareyREP
Representative - Ohio
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Jerry MoranREP
Senator - Kansas
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Debbie DingellDEM
Representative - Michigan
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Gregory MeeksDEM
Representative - New York
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Bryan SteilREP
Representative - Wisconsin
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Jeanne ShaheenDEM
Senator - New Hampshire
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David KustoffREP
Representative - Tennessee
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Donald BeyerDEM
Representative - Virginia
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Elise StefanikREP
Representative - New York
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Margaret HassanDEM
Senator - New Hampshire
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David McCormickREP
Senator - Pennsylvania
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Thomas KeanREP
Representative - New Jersey
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Ron WydenDEM
Senator - Oregon
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Eric SchmittREP
Senator - Missouri
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Michelle FischbachREP
Representative - Minnesota
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Rand PaulREP
Senator - Kentucky
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Kevin KileyIND
Representative - California
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Roger WickerREP
Senator - Mississippi
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John CornynREP
Senator - Texas
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Troy CarterDEM
Representative - Louisiana
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Julia LetlowREP
Representative - Louisiana
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Patty MurrayDEM
Senator - Washington
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John HoevenREP
Senator - North Dakota
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Tom CottonREP
Senator - Arkansas
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Morgan McGarveyDEM
Representative - Kentucky
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Glenn IveyDEM
Representative - Maryland
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Virginia FoxxREP
Representative - North Carolina
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Jimmy PanettaDEM
Representative - California
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Gwen MooreDEM
Representative - Wisconsin
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James JusticeREP
Senator - West Virginia
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Ted CruzREP
Senator - Texas
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Jimmy GomezDEM
Representative - California
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Henry CuellarDEM
Representative - Texas
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Mary ScanlonDEM
Representative - Pennsylvania
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Gabe VasquezDEM
Representative - New Mexico
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Darren SotoDEM
Representative - Florida
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Mike BostREP
Representative - Illinois
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Robert AderholtREP
Representative - Alabama
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Todd YoungREP
Senator - Indiana
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Jennifer McClellanDEM
Representative - Virginia
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Lisa McClainREP
Representative - Michigan
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Tim WalbergREP
Representative - Michigan
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Ted LieuDEM
Representative - California
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Jamie RaskinDEM
Representative - Maryland
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Vince FongREP
Representative - California
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Bennie ThompsonDEM
Representative - Mississippi
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Sanford BishopDEM
Representative - Georgia
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Emilia SykesDEM
Representative - Ohio
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Andrea SalinasDEM
Representative - Oregon
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Darrell IssaREP
Representative - California
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David JoyceREP
Representative - Ohio
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Danny DavisDEM
Representative - Illinois
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$8K
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Martin HeinrichDEM
Senator - New Mexico
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$8K
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Kevin CramerREP
Senator - North Dakota
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$8K
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Jennifer KiggansREP
Representative - Virginia
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$8K
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Bill HuizengaREP
Representative - Michigan
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Byron DonaldsREP
Representative - Florida
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Joe NeguseDEM
Representative - Colorado
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$8K
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Rick ScottREP
Senator - Florida
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Laurel LeeREP
Representative - Florida
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John RutherfordREP
Representative - Florida
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Aaron BeanREP
Representative - Florida
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Dwight EvansDEM
Representative - Pennsylvania
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Jack BergmanREP
Representative - Michigan
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Gary PalmerREP
Representative - Alabama
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Jared HuffmanDEM
Representative - California
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John ThuneREP
Senator - South Dakota
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Ann WagnerREP
Representative - Missouri
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Cliff BentzREP
Representative - Oregon
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Jasmine CrockettDEM
Representative - Texas
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Andrew GarbarinoREP
Representative - New York
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Charles FleischmannREP
Representative - Tennessee
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Bill FosterDEM
Representative - Illinois
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Vicente GonzalezDEM
Representative - Texas
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Stephanie BiceREP
Representative - Oklahoma
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Eric BurlisonREP
Representative - Missouri
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Tommy TubervilleREP
Senator - Alabama
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Lindsey GrahamREP
Senator - South Carolina
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Catherine Cortez MastoDEM
Senator - Nevada
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Tammy BaldwinDEM
Senator - Wisconsin
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Timothy KennedyDEM
Representative - New York
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Jonathan JacksonDEM
Representative - Illinois
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Nikema WilliamsDEM
Representative - Georgia
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Nicole MalliotakisREP
Representative - New York
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Don BaconREP
Representative - Nebraska
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Bruce WestermanREP
Representative - Arkansas
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Paul TonkoDEM
Representative - New York
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Kathy CastorDEM
Representative - Florida
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Brad KnottREP
Representative - North Carolina
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Gabe AmoDEM
Representative - Rhode Island
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Thomas MassieREP
Representative - Kentucky
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Steve WomackREP
Representative - Arkansas
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Jim JordanREP
Representative - Ohio
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Nicholas LangworthyREP
Representative - New York
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Brittany PettersenDEM
Representative - Colorado
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Veronica EscobarDEM
Representative - Texas
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David RouzerREP
Representative - North Carolina
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Alma AdamsDEM
Representative - North Carolina
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Mark AmodeiREP
Representative - Nevada
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Luz RivasDEM
Representative - California
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Julie JohnsonDEM
Representative - Texas
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Dan SullivanREP
Senator - Alaska
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Tina SmithDEM
Senator - Minnesota
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Cynthia LummisREP
Senator - Wyoming
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Robert BresnahanREP
Representative - Pennsylvania
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LaMonica McIverDEM
Representative - New Jersey
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Wesley HuntREP
Representative - Texas
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Mario Diaz-BalartREP
Representative - Florida
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Lance GoodenREP
Representative - Texas
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Suzanne BonamiciDEM
Representative - Oregon
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Ben ClineREP
Representative - Virginia
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Harriet HagemanREP
Representative - Wyoming
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Shri ThanedarDEM
Representative - Michigan
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Ashley HinsonREP
Representative - Iowa
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Tracey MannREP
Representative - Kansas
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Glenn ThompsonREP
Representative - Pennsylvania
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James BairdREP
Representative - Indiana
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Grace MengDEM
Representative - New York
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Charles SchumerDEM
Senator - New York
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Jack ReedDEM
Senator - Rhode Island
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Mike LeeREP
Senator - Utah
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John KennedyREP
Senator - Louisiana
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Mark MessmerREP
Representative - Indiana
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Nick LaLotaREP
Representative - New York
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Lois FrankelDEM
Representative - Florida
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Jerrold NadlerDEM
Representative - New York
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Shontel BrownDEM
Representative - Ohio
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Jefferson Van DrewREP
Representative - New Jersey
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Sean CastenDEM
Representative - Illinois
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Andy BarrREP
Representative - Kentucky
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William KeatingDEM
Representative - Massachusetts
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Mike QuigleyDEM
Representative - Illinois
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Michael SimpsonREP
Representative - Idaho
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Sam GravesREP
Representative - Missouri
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Steny HoyerDEM
Representative - Maryland
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Chuck GrassleyREP
Senator - Iowa
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Jim CostaDEM
Representative - California
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Derek SchmidtREP
Representative - Kansas
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Seth MagazinerDEM
Representative - Rhode Island
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Russell FryREP
Representative - South Carolina
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Debbie Wasserman SchultzDEM
Representative - Florida
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Dusty JohnsonREP
Representative - South Dakota
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Michael GuestREP
Representative - Mississippi
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Pete StauberREP
Representative - Minnesota
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Russ FulcherREP
Representative - Idaho
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Salud CarbajalDEM
Representative - California
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James HimesDEM
Representative - Connecticut
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Sam LiccardoDEM
Representative - California
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Adam SmithDEM
Representative - Washington
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Rick LarsenDEM
Representative - Washington
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Troy NehlsREP
Representative - Texas
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Maria SalazarREP
Representative - Florida
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Kweisi MfumeDEM
Representative - Maryland
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Haley StevensDEM
Representative - Michigan
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Dan NewhouseREP
Representative - Washington
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Stephen LynchDEM
Representative - Massachusetts
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Mike RoundsREP
Senator - South Dakota
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James RischREP
Senator - Idaho
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Lisa MurkowskiREP
Senator - Alaska
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King, Angus S., Jr.IND
Senator - Maine
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Michael RulliREP
Representative - Ohio
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Maxine WatersDEM
Representative - California
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Craig GoldmanREP
Representative - Texas
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Marlin StutzmanREP
Representative - Indiana
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Brian JackREP
Representative - Georgia
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Celeste MaloyREP
Representative - Utah
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Jared MoskowitzDEM
Representative - Florida
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Carlos GimenezREP
Representative - Florida
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Robert GarciaDEM
Representative - California
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Brad FinstadREP
Representative - Minnesota
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Jake EllzeyREP
Representative - Texas
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Scott FitzgeraldREP
Representative - Wisconsin
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Tom McClintockREP
Representative - California
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Pete SessionsREP
Representative - Texas
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Zoe LofgrenDEM
Representative - California
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Chip RoyREP
Representative - Texas
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Jeff HurdREP
Representative - Colorado
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Norma TorresDEM
Representative - California
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J. HillREP
Representative - Arkansas
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Randy WeberREP
Representative - Texas
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Dina TitusDEM
Representative - Nevada
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John LarsonDEM
Representative - Connecticut
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Frank LucasREP
Representative - Oklahoma
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Michael McCaulREP
Representative - Texas
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Emanuel CleaverDEM
Representative - Missouri
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Betty McCollumDEM
Representative - Minnesota
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Richard McCormickREP
Representative - Georgia
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Nathaniel MoranREP
Representative - Texas
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