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RandySF

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Sat Jul 25, 2020, 05:12 PM Jul 2020

PA-10: Perry boosted by $200K from Big Pharma-linked group

A pharmaceutical industry-backed dark money group has already spent more than $200,000 on TV ads supporting U.S. Rep. Scott Perry, R-10th District, who’s among the country’s most vulnerable congressional incumbents.

The ads are part of a multimillion-dollar campaign by the conservative American Action Network to support members of Congress who voted against a Democratic bill tackling high drug prices, and backed a less strict Republican proposal.

The current ads, which run until the end of the month, thank Perry for “working with both parties to accelerate innovation” amid the hunt for a COVID-19 vaccine.

The ads also claim that the legislation Perry signed onto will “lower prescription costs” while “fostering innovation.”

On its website, American Action Network says it works to “promote center-right policies based on the principles of freedom, limited government, American exceptionalism, and strong national security.”



https://www.penncapital-star.com/government-politics/perry-boosted-by-200k-from-big-pharma-linked-group-as-dark-money-hits-pa-10/

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