U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has reached the pinnacle of influence-peddling, but Dick the Whip is right behind. Four of Reid's top seven donors are plaintiffs firms, as are Durbin's top two. The Whip has whipped up $3.6 million in contributions from lawyers, according to Wall Street Journal columnist Kimberley Strassel, who calls Durbin "the Senate's patron saint of the trial bar."For a look at Dick Durbin's hanging out with Chicago Mob linked Alexi Giannoulias.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Senator Durbin(Democrat- Trial Lawyers)
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