Two years after the Inflation Reduction Act was signed into law, Miller-Meeks' record of siding with her special interest donors over Iowa families is in the spotlight.

Miller-Meeks, who has taken nearly $200,000 from the drug industry, voted against this landmark legislation that caps the price of insulin at $35 per month and lowers prescription drug costs.

No thanks to Miller-Meeks, this historic legislation has capped the cost of insulin at $35 a month for Medicare recipients, saving 4,800 people in IA-01 $690 per a year, and will cap prescription drug costs for Medicare recipients at $2,000 per year. More than 18 million seniors will save an average of $400 a year, 1.8 million of which could save as much as $2,500 a year.

DCCC Spokesperson Mallory Payne:
"Iowa families can't trust Miller-Meeks to put them before her corporate special interest donors - even when it means voting against legislation that lowers costs, creates jobs, and grows the middle class. That's why Iowans will elect new representation in November."

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Iowa City Press-Citizen: Bohannan says Miller-Meeks has 'rigged the system for greedy corporations' in new campaign ad
Ryan Hansen | August 15, 2024

• Democratic Congressional nominee Christina Bohannan is on the attack again in a new campaign ad, titled "Far Away." She accused U.S. Rep. Marianette Miller-Meeks of "rigging" the system against working-class people and receiving large sums of money from lobbyists and interest groups.

• Bohannan's campaign accused Miller-Meeks of "(Taking) hundreds of thousands of dollars from the drug industry and (she) received $1,000 from an insulin manufacturer's PAC on the same day she voted against a bill to cap insulin prices," in a statement accompanying the new advertisement.

• On Aug. 12, 2022, Miller-Meeks received $1,000 from the Eli Lilly and Company PAC…Miller-Meeks voted against the Inflation Reduction Act, which puts a cap on prices for some drugs including insulin, on Aug. 12, 2022, the same day she received money from Eli Lilly and Company PAC.

• Bohannan's new ad also claims that Miller-Meeks has taken in "over $1 million from special interests." This includes more than $1.5 million from finance, insurance and real estate companies or PACs, over $150,000 from pharmaceutical or health products and over $200,000 from the insurance industry, Bohannan's campaign told the Press-Citizen.

Iowa's News Now: Special interest money dominates Iowa's U.S. House races, favoring Republicans
Nick Weig | August 15, 2024

• The issue of so-called special interest money came to a head this month when donations first reported by Iowa Starting Line highlighted the amount of money Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks receives from pharmaceutical and health companies.

• The report highlighted a $1,000 donation from a PAC representing drug maker Eli Lilly's interests made the same day that Miller-Meeks voted against the Inflation Reduction Act. Eli Lilly is a manufacturer of insulin. Now signed into law, the Inflation Reduction Act includes a cap on some insulin prices, as well as giving Medicare the ability to negotiate lower prices on a select list of drugs.

• Miller-Meeks received vastly more from these types of PACs than other Republican members of Congress from Iowa.

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