A Press Release from Issue One provides evidence from tax filings showing how big pharmaceutical companies, including Eli Lilly, Merck, and Pfizer, use their trade association Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (“PhRMA”) to funnel money to dark money groups that support Republican candidates.

“One of the largest contributions detailed in the new filing is $4 million given to the American Action Network, a dark money group aligned with House Republican leadership that has spent significant sums over the years to bolster House Republican candidates.”

Tax records reviewed by Issue One indicate that between 2019 and 2024, PhRMA did not contribute to the two largest dark money groups on the Democratic side, even as it contributed to candidates and political groups on both sides of the aisle.