Senator Sinema provides us a glimpse into her unique political identity

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Democrats have grown nervous by reports in The New York Times and Politico that Sinema has privately said she won't support increases in individual or corporate tax rates, and that she opposes the party's plan to lower prescription drug costs by letting Medicare negotiate prices. That opposition has long been encouraged by the pharmaceutical industry. Sinema's office wouldn't comment on the reports when asked by NBC News.

Biden told House Democrats behind closed doors Friday that he has spent "tens of hours" speaking with Sinema, according to Rep. Annie Kuster, D-N.H., who was in the room.

The pro-Sinema mailers are addressed from New Jersey and sent by the centrist group Center Forward, which has ties to the Blue Dog Coalition, a group of moderate House Democrats that Sinema was part of during her tenure in the chamber.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/sinema-plugged-iconoclast-arizona-she-threatens-biden-s-agenda-n1280600

"Center Forward, which claims to seek bipartisan, common ground on drug policy and other issues, got $300,000 directly from PhRMA and another $179,000 from a PhRMA-backed group called the Campaign for Medical Discovery, according to tax filings."

https://khn.org/news/drug-trade-group-quietly-spends-dark-money-to-sway-policy-and-voters/

"Democrats have grown nervous by reports in The New York Times and Politico that Sinema has privately said she won't support increases in individual or corporate tax rates, and that she opposes the party's plan to lower prescription drug costs by letting Medicare negotiate prices."


Are these actually positions that centrist Democrats support?

Serious question.

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1. Why do I get the sneaking suspicion that "Center Forward" is funded by and consists of people

who are anything but Democrats.

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3. "Center Forward", "Americans for Prosperity", etc etc etc

Any kind of "People for Whatever" group always seems to be on the side against actual people. They have no shortage of corporate and billionaire donors propping them up.

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4. My favorite is the Catholic League. That's one guy in a basement making a lot of noise.

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9. Center Foward (a PhRMA-backed cut-out) has been running adverts pumping Sinema, they started

right before she came out and knee-capped Biden on his prescription drug deal.

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)

CENTER FORWARD

WASHINGTON, DC 20004-0000 | TAX-EXEMPT SINCE SEPT. 2020

https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/272429741/202023219349321907/full

Full text of "Full Filing" for fiscal year ending Dec. 2019

Tax returns filed by nonprofit organizations are public records. The Internal Revenue Service releases them in two formats: page images and raw data in XML. The raw data is more useful, especially to researchers, because it can be extracted and analyzed more easily. The pages below are a reconstruction of a tax document using raw data from the IRS.

https://readsludge.com/2020/10/09/blue-dog-affiliated-group-runs-ads-for-big-pharma/

Center Forward contains two PhRMA lobbyists on its board of directors. Elizabeth Greer and Cindy Brown, both employed at Forbes Tate Partners, reported lobbying for PhRMA on their most recent quarterly filings on issues like prescription drug prices, the CARES Act, drug importation, data exclusivity periods for drugs, and more. Greer and Brown are both also registered as lobbyists for many drug companies, including Merck, Roche Holdings, Gilead Sciences, Novartis, Eli Lilly, and Sanofi.

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2. Negotiate a bill that meets Manchin's approval, and dare Sinema to be the sole "no" vote. Nt

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5. I HATE that we have to give Manchin that power, but you're right.

[OnDoutside]

8. Well said.

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6. B.S. she is not a straight shooter.

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7. and she is nothing like john mccain

[Tommymac]

10. She is a bought and paid for shill for BigPharm and other 1%'ers. Plain as Day.

She ain't no Democrat that is for sure.