If this doesn't make you feel all warm and fuzzy, nothing will.
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Lawmaker Declined Hollywood Job
By Frank Ahrens
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, January 24, 2004; Page E01
Rep. W.J. \"Billy\" Tauzin (R-La.) is close to a decision to leave Congress to head the pharmaceutical industry's trade association after turning down an offer from Hollywood to succeed Jack Valenti as the movie industry's top lobbyist, sources in Washington and California said yesterday.
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Tauzin chairs the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees the telecommunications, media and entertainment industries. Most recently, however, he was one of the principal authors of the Medicare prescription drug bill that included several provisions expected to vastly expand the market for prescription drugs among the elderly. In addition to adding hundreds of billions of dollars for drug benefits, the law bars the federal government from directly bargaining down the price of drugs, a provision PhRMA pressed for.
PhRMA made a run at Tauzin in recent days and offered a compensation package that, if Tauzin accepts it, \"would be the biggest deal given to anyone at a trade association,\" a source said.
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Yessirree, we've got the best Congress money can buy.
By Frank Ahrens
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, January 24, 2004; Page E01
Rep. W.J. \"Billy\" Tauzin (R-La.) is close to a decision to leave Congress to head the pharmaceutical industry's trade association after turning down an offer from Hollywood to succeed Jack Valenti as the movie industry's top lobbyist, sources in Washington and California said yesterday.
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Tauzin chairs the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees the telecommunications, media and entertainment industries. Most recently, however, he was one of the principal authors of the Medicare prescription drug bill that included several provisions expected to vastly expand the market for prescription drugs among the elderly. In addition to adding hundreds of billions of dollars for drug benefits, the law bars the federal government from directly bargaining down the price of drugs, a provision PhRMA pressed for.
PhRMA made a run at Tauzin in recent days and offered a compensation package that, if Tauzin accepts it, \"would be the biggest deal given to anyone at a trade association,\" a source said.
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