Just read this article on NPR's website. If you blogged it already, I didn't see it in the search.. :)
I cannot say that I am surprised, but I surely am disheartened to see this number.
The leading drug industry lobbying group PhRMA spent $3 million a WEEK! trying to maintain the status quo.
Or as they put it "Putting the customers First."
This is simply madness. The a-holes want to go on recess, because they 'need more time'.. BS, they're just trying to milk more money out of whoever's lobbyist is at their door.
$40 million dollars shows again what is at stake here.
We should take away Congresses healthcare and see how fast they get it taken care of.