
Thirty-one corporate criminals gave more than $9 million to the Democratic and Republican parties during the 2002 election cycle, according to a report by Corporate Crime Reporter. They gave $7.2 million to Republicans (77 percent) and $2.1 million to Democrats (23 percent). The top five corporations, ranked by amount given to politicians, were Archer Daniels Midland ($1.7 million), Pfizer ($1.1 million), Chevron ($875,400), Northrop Grumman ($741,250), and American Airlines ($655,593).
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[1] http://dev.prwatch.org/users/13916/sheldon-rampton
[2] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/corporations
[3] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/ethics
[4] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/politics
[5] http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fdev.prwatch.org%2Fspin%2F2003%2F07%2F2053%2Fcorporate-criminals-give-big&linkname=Corporate%20Criminals%20Give%20Big
[6] http://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/07_02_03_pressrelease.html