Congressman Ted Budd takes corporate PAC money, then votes in favor of corporate interests, while North Carolina families pay the price. This is in stark contrast to Justice Cheri Beasley, who isn’t taking a dime of any corporate PAC money.
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Big Oil
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May 18, 2022: Congressman Budd takes $5,000 in campaign contributions from Continental Resources Inc., a major energy corporation.
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May 19, 2022: Congressman Ted Budd listens to his corporate donors, voting against a bill that would prevent Big Oil companies from gouging gas prices.
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Big Pharma
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December 12, 2019: Congressman Budd votes against the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, which would lower healthcare and prescription drug costs for Americans across the country.
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December 12, 2019: That same day, GlaxoSmithKline gives Budd $2,500 in campaign contributions.
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December 17, 2019: Pfizer cuts Budd a check for $1,000 five days after he voted against reducing the cost of prescription drugs.
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Gun Lobby
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2018: The NRA spends nearly $200,000 to re-elect Congressman Budd.
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February 27, 2019: Budd votes to put his wealthy backers over the safety of North Carolina families by voting against a bipartisan bill to prevent gun violence.
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Payday lenders
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May 4, 2017: Congressman Budd votes to roll back consumer protections against Wall Street and payday lenders.
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May 31, 2017: Several financial services industry PACs donate to Budd’s campaign, including $1,000 from the CEO of a predatory payday lender.
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Dark Money paid-for vacations
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2017-2020: Billionaire and corporate backed dark money group Club for Growth pays upwards of $15,000 to take Congressman Budd on exotic vacations.
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2017-present: Budd votes the way Club for Growth wants him to, from giving tax handouts for corporations and billionaires, to voting against a bill to stop Big Oil companies from gouging gas prices and a bill that would cap the price of prescription drugs.
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