NFL is funding campaigns of lawmakers reviewing concussion issue
http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_29676270/nfl-funds-campaigns-lawmakers-reviewing-concussions
The NFL's political action committee has given nearly $300,000 in campaign contributions to 41 of 54 members of a key congressional committee that is reviewing concussion research, according to figures compiled by a Berkeley-based group.
The nonprofit MapLight told this newspaper Wednesday that its analysis of campaign finance data since 2008 has found the NFL's Gridiron PAC has supported members of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee that began informal hearings last week on one of the league's most pressing safety issues....
MapLight reported that since 2008, 17 percent of the Gridiron PAC's campaign contributions -- $292,000 -- were given to energy and commerce committee members.
The PAC gave $25,000 to Upton and $8,500 to Democrat Frank Pallone of New Jersey, the committee's highest-ranking member. It also contributed $1,500 to Pennsylvania Republican Tim Murphy, who heads the oversight and investigations subcommittee.
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