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Who's investing in Martha Coakley: AHIP, BIO, and the billion-dollar winner of Obamacare
By: Timothy P. Carney
Examiner Columnist
01/17/10 3:49 PM EST
Tuesday night in the back room of Capitol Hill's Sonoma wine bar, Coakley campaign staffers counted the checks they had reeled in at that night's fundraiser. This morning, at FEC.gov, we get a chance to see some of the big names who forked over $1,000 to $2,400 -- or, for political action committees, up to $5,000. [Click here, and then press the button to generate a pdf or the report.]
Mary Beth Donohue is the executive vice president at America's Health Insurance Plans, the Washington-based lobby for the health insurance industry. She spent $1,000 Tuesday night to help elect Coakley.
Also interesting: The Medicines Company, the drug maker that reportedly stands to profit $1 billion off the health-care reform bill, gave Coakley $2,400 through its PAC on Tuesday.
And while I saw Biotechnology Industry Organization President Jim Greenwood at the Sonoma fundraiser, I can't find a record of his contribution.
These are the donors trying to save ObamaCare. Last weekend, I posted the names of the fundraiser's sponsors (those who raised $10,000 or more for the event). Here are some others, just A through D.
- Norman Brownstein, Brownstein, Hyatt, Farber, Schreck: Chicago Climate Exchange, Comcast, FedEx. $1,000.
- Bert Carp, Williams & Jensen: American Council of Life Insurers, Coca-Cola, Comcast, Recording Industry Association of America, Turner Enterprises, Wyeth, Population Council.
- Martha Casey, O'Neill, Athy, and Casey: McLean Hospital, Partners Healthcare, Schepens Eye Research Institute. $1,000.
- Harvey Cauthen, Cauthen, Forbes & Williams: Advanced Medical Technology Association, Altria, Amazon, Merck, Comcast, Roche.
- Citigroup PAC, $5,000.
- Comcast PAC, $5,000.
- Sean D'Arcy, Akin Gump: Boeing, Dow Chemical, Hess, Pharmaceutical Research Marketing Group, Private Equity Council, $2,400.
- Linda Daschle, Boeing, General Electric, Lockheed Martin. $1,000.
- Dickstein Shapiro PAC: BIO, DuPont, Time Warner. $2,500.
- DLA Piper PAC: Medicines Company, Morgan Stanley, Raytheon, Recording Industry Association of America,
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