Milberg Weiss gave top Democrats funding

[ProSense]

Milberg Weiss gave top Democrats funding

By Jeremy Pelofsky
5 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman LLP, the securities class action law firm indicted last week on fraud charges stemming from corporate lawsuits it filed, made large political contributions almost exclusively to Democrats since 1999, records show.

The firm and individuals there made $2.78 million in campaign donations to Democrats since 1999 compared to about $22,000 to Republicans, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks money in politics.

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Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics, said Republicans would likely use the donations as ammunition in the November congressional elections and to blunt criticism about recent corruption scandals involving Republicans.

They will target "every individual Democrat in a competitive race in 2006 to begin with," Sabato said.

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The Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan group, compiled information about the law firm's campaign contributions at the request of Reuters.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060522/pl_nm/crime_milbergweiss_politics_dc_1

Are they kidding?

[MidwestTransplant]

1. Well obivously

Republicans wanted to limit the rights of plantiffs in securities litigation. They are a securities lit. firm.

[yngliberal]

2. Take them ALL out...

It's time to clean house and get rid of the Democrats and Republicans that want to engage in this type of bullshit.

[KaptBunnyPants]

3. Is this the best they have?

So some of the contributors to the Democratic Party are accused of a crime. No quip pro quo of any sort happened between our politicians and these contributors. The Abramoff scandal, on the other hand, involved an explicit “bribes for votes” scheme which reached the highest echelons of Republican power. If this is really all they have, it is a great sign for the integrity of our Party. Decades of oppo research and the only evidence they can find for our corruption is potential criminal acts by individuals with no official position within the Party. They have nothing.

[ProSense]

4. Welcome! You nailed it! Thanks!

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