Some family members mostly favor Republicans, while others support Democrats. Overall, the family has favored Republican and conservative causes which have received 52 percent of the family’s total contributions. Between 12 different members, including spouses and one deceased family member, they have contributed more than $1.6 million all-time, according to data from the Center for Responsive Politics. The Sacklers have been major contributors, though their contributions fell off recently in the 2018 cycle. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), received $6,000 from the PAC. The Next Century Fund, the leadership PAC for Sen. G K Butterfield (D-N.C.) was the only Democrat to receive any contributions. Seven different members of Congress received contributions in the 2018 cycle. It also spent the least it ever has, only $20,733. The 2018 cycle was not a positive one for the PAC, raising the least it has since 2010 with just $35,679. The company also employed the Purdue Pharma PAC to contribute to federal candidates, almost solely Republican ones. Nine of the 10 lobbyists Purdue Pharma employed in 2018 are members of the “revolving door ” with close Capitol Hill connections like lobbyist Dora Hughes, a former health policy advisor to then-Sen. In 2017, the company spent $940,000 and increased it to $1.12 million in 2018, its highest level ever. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Purdue Pharma stepped up its Congressional lobbying efforts the past two years. With the company increasingly in the crosshairs of the courts and 2020 presidential contenders like Sen. Now they are faced with numerous lawsuits, including two from the Massachusetts and New York attorney generals that allege the family contributed to the opioid epidemic through deceitful advertising techniques regarding the powerful Ox圜ontin painkiller. The company and family have a widespread philanthropic influence as donors to high-profile locales like the Louvre, the Guggenheim, Columbia University and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Both Purdue Pharma and members of the Sackler clan have been active in the political realm. In 2016, the Sacklers were listed by Forbes as the 19th richest family in America with a $13 billion net worth. The company, Purdue Pharma, has been run by the wealthy and influential Sackler family for generations. As the opioid crisis continues to ravage the country killing more than 130 people per day in the U.S., the makers of the addictive opioid Ox圜ontin face tightening legal challenges.

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