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Goldman Sachs is one of Wall Street’s most prestigious investment banks. Like others in the securities industry, it advises and invests in nearly every industry affected by federal legislation. The firm closely monitors issues including economic policy, trade and nearly all legislation that governs the financial sector. It has been a major proponent of privatizing Social Security as well as legislation that would essentially deregulate the investment banking/securities industry. In August 2002, following months of corporate scandals, congressional investigators launched a probe into whether stock analysts at Goldman Sachs issued biased investment advice in order to protect corporate clients. The firm tends to give most of its money to Democrats. Goldman Sachs' former chief executive, Jon Corzine, served in the U.S. Senate as a Democrat from New Jersey. He's now the state's governor.
| Top 10 Democrats | Office | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Obama, Barack (D-IL) | Senate | $632,330 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clinton, Hillary (D-NY) | Senate | $460,300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dodd, Christopher J (D-CT) | Senate | $105,400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reed, Jack (D-RI) | Senate | $26,100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baucus, Max (D-MT) | Senate | $26,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harkin, Tom (D-IA) | Senate | $24,580 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lautenberg, Frank R (D-NJ) | Senate | $23,300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Durbin, Dick (D-IL) | Senate | $16,800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Landrieu, Mary L (D-LA) Biden, Joseph R J (D-DE)
| Senate Senate | $15,200 $14,800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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