Trial lawyers buy Democrats in Congress

One more strike against the Senate and House Healthcare bills -- no wonder neither cuts costs since Tort Reform is not in either bill. Once again Democrats have been bought and paid for with trial attorney dollars. We have drug manufacturers, AARP, and Trial Attorneys who want this bill, but how about the American people who are opposed by a majority that is growing the more they learn about these two bills. Absolutely disgusting that the Democrat Party could care less about their constituents unless they are a trial attorney and then they get special treatment in return for campaign donations.

The sleeze that permeates the Democrats in the Senate today knows no bounds. There is no integrity and no honor left as they have told their constituents to basically "stuff it" as they could care less what they think as witnessed by the 1am vote to turn off debate. Why debate? Is Reid afraid more of this bill will see the light of day and turn more people off. Why not just vote on a bill no one has had time to read and digest what is in the bill when it is going to cost the taxpayers in the end big bucks? Reid's stand is to take his word which is worthless.

There is not a Democrat in the Senate that deserves reelection.

Trial lawyers buy Democrats in Congress
Examiner Editorial
December 21, 2009

Clickto see contributions to parties from top plaintiffs' law firms.

Neither of the Obamacare proposals now before Congress includes a medical malpractice reform provision despite the fact that the public wants one -- and that it would cut annual health care costs by $200 billion. A medical malpractice reform provision would protect doctors from expensive lawsuits filed by avaricious class-action plaintiffs' attorneys who have driven malpractice insurance rates into the stratosphere. Judging by Federal Election Commission data on the political contributions of people associated with the top 15 class-action plaintiffs' law firms, it's no accident that malpractice reform is not part of health care "reform": Trial lawyers are investing heavily in their Democratic friends who control the White House and both chambers of Congress.

Since Jan. 3, 2009, 581 contributions worth $1,261,023 have been made by donors identifying themselves as employees of the 15 firms (contributions by employees who did not identify their employer are not reflected in this data). Democratic candidates and committees received $1,241,978, or 98 percent of the total. The most generous of these lucrative sources of Democratic campaign cash was the Dallas-based Baron & Budd, best known for the late Fred Baron, who was finance chairman for former Sen. John Edwards' 2008 presidential run. Thus far in 2009, Baron & Budd employees have contributed $212,958 to 21 Democrats, and not a cent to Republicans. Second on the list is the New York-based Grant Eisenhofer firm, with employees contributing $184,078 to seven Democrats and no Republicans. Of the 138 total recipients from employees of all 15 of the firms, 122 were Democrats and just 16 were Republicans. The Democrats received contributions averaging more than $4,700, while the GOPers averaged $646.

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