When Rick Perry joked last night that the $5,000 he had received from Merck wasnโt enough to buy him off, the line failed to charm the audience as heโd expected. Turns out, the line also significantly low-balled how much heโd received from Merck. โMerck PACโthe companyโs D.C.-based political action committeeโhas given Perry $28,500 since 2001, according to Texas Ethics Commission filings. The bulk of that money came prior to 2007,โ the Los Angeles Times reports today. Even so, that doesnโt make Merck one of Perryโs top donors: the LA Times notes that heโs received over the years donations totaling more than six figures from over 200 sources.
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