WASHINGTON — A Central Jersey congressman who played a key role in writing the House health care reform bill has received $321,000 in campaign contributions during the past year from the same industry the legislation is designed to overhaul.

A Central Jersey congressman who played a key role in writing the House health care reform bill has received $321,000 in campaign contributions over the past year from the same industry the legislation is designed to overhaul.

Jeffrey S. Patch of Bank of America in Rockville chats with Cynthia Duvall of Jefferson Wells in Vienna, Va., during the Tech Council of Maryland's breakfast forum, "Health Care Reform and What It Means for Business," at the Bethesda Country Club on Thursday.

WASHINGTON - A Central Jersey congressman who played a key role in writing the House health care reform bill has received $321,000 in campaign contributions over the past year from the same industry the legislation is designed to overhaul.

Scott and Brenda Rudie say they have no interest in getting caught up in partisan politics, but they have become participants in the heated national debate over health-care reform.