{"id":184599,"date":"2010-01-13T08:41:02","date_gmt":"2010-01-13T13:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nw0.eu\/2010\/01\/13\/obama-received-20-million-from-healthcare-industry-in-2008-campaign.html"},"modified":"2010-01-13T08:41:02","modified_gmt":"2010-01-13T13:41:02","slug":"obama-received-20-million-from-healthcare-industry-in-2008-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/184599","title":{"rendered":"Obama Received $20 Million From Healthcare Industry in 2008 Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">While some sunlight has been shed on the<br \/>\nhefty sums shoveled into congressional campaign coffers in an effort to<br \/>\ninfluence the Democrats&#8217; massive healthcare bill, little attention has<br \/>\nbeen focused on the far larger sums received by President Barack Obama<br \/>\nwhile he was a candidate in 2008.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">A new figure, based on an exclusive<br \/>\nanalysis created for Raw Story by the Center for Responsive Politics,<br \/>\nshows that President Obama received a staggering $20,175,303 from the<br \/>\nhealthcare industry during the 2008 election cycle, nearly three times<br \/>\nthe amount of his presidential rival John McCain. 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