Extortion (36 page)
Authors: Peter Schweizer
67. Associated Press, “Blunt’s Brother Involved in Ethanol Business Plan,” KWMU, June 5, 2006; David A. Lieb, “Mo. Treasurer: Conflicts Bar Aid for Ethanol Plant,”
USA Today
, September 25, 2008; and National Institute on Money in State Politics, “Blunt, Andrew B.,”
http://www.followthemoney.org/database/lobbyist.phtml?l=27667
.
68. David A. Lieb (Associated Press), “Documents Reveal Missouri License Records Fee Increase Set to Pay for Computer System,” Southeast Missourian, May 22, 2008,
http://www.semissourian.com/story/1406919.html
.
69. Associated Press, “Lawmakers Balk at Driver’s License Records Fee Increase,” Southeast Missourian, May 7, 2008,
http://www.semissourian.com/story/1400583.html
.
70. Missouri Ethics Commission, “Lobbyist Search: Reichard; Year, 2007,”
http://www.moethics.mo.gov/EthicsWeb/Lobbying/Lob_SearchLob.aspx;
Tritto, “Blunt Force.”
71. National Institute on Money in State Politics, “Blunt, Andrew B.”
72. Missouri Governor’s Office, “Blunt Announces New Resource to Help Missourians Find the Lowest Price for Their Prescription Medicine,” January 10, 2007,
http://web.archive.org/web/20070208102909/http://www.gov.mo.gov/press/DSSPricePosting011007.htm
.
73. Keegan Hamilton, “Libertarians Shun Chief Wana Dubie,”
Riverfront Times, January 30, 2008.
74. Glen Justice, “For Lobbyist, a Seat of Power Came with a Plate,”
New York Times, July 6, 2005.
75. James Ridgeway, “Sticky Fingers,”
Village Voice, January 18, 2006.
76. John H. Fund, “Blunt Instruments,”
American Spectator, March 2006.
77. Mary Curtius and Richard Simon, “Not the Majority Leader They Expected,” Los Angeles Times, February 3, 2006.
78. Bill Lambrecht, “Carnahan Barely Bests Blunt in Fundraising for Missouri Senate Race,”
St. Louis Post Dispatch, April 26, 2010.
79. Cassidy & Associates, “Andy Blunt,”
http://www.cassidy.com/team/77
.
80.
Opensecrets.org
, “Expenditures: Representative Roy Blunt, 2009–2010,”
http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/expend.php?cycle=2010&cid=N00005195& type=I
.
81. National Institute on Money in State Politics, “Blunt, Andrew B.”
82. Jake Wagman, “Former Governor Blunt to Head Auto Lobbying Group,”
Political Fix
, February 2, 2011; “Standing Committees of the 112th Senate” (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office), p. 343.
83. Dan Margolies, “Hiring of Amy Blunt Adds to Law Firm’s Clout,”
Kansas City Star, August 15, 2006.
84. Ibid.
85. Carl Hulse and Philip Shenon, “DeLay Denounces Report on Payments to His Family,”
New York Times, April 7, 2005.
10. Conclusion: Protection for the Rest of Us
1. Jonathan Martin and Carrie Budoff Brown, “Feds: Blagojevich ‘Has Taken Us to a Truly New Low,’”
Politico
, December 9, 2008.
2. Bob Secter and Jeff Coen, “Jesse Jackson Jr. Knew of $1 Million Offer for Senate Seat, Prosecutors Say,” Chicago Tribune, July 7, 2010.
3. Thomas G. Donlan, “Business as Usual,” Barron’s, December 15, 2008.
4. Sarah Ostman, “Blagojevich Speaks on Possible Gag Order, Patti’s Hair,” Chicago Sun-Times, June 21, 2010.
5. John Kass, “Blagojevich Fishes for Excuse, Hooks a Keeper,”
Chicago Tribune, March 18, 2002.
6. J. Gregory Sidak, “Review Essay: The Petty Larceny of the Police Power,”
California Law Review
86 (1998): 663.
7. Donlan, “Business as Usual.”
8. Sheryl Gay Stolberg, “Lobbying Bill Passes Narrowly in the House,” New York Times, May 4, 2006.
9. Quoted in Currinder, Money in the House, p. 286.
10. Wendy Kaminer, “To Democrats, Free Speech Makes a Racket,”
Wall Street Journal, May 9, 2000.
11. Quoted in Jessica A. Levinson, “Timing Is Everything: A New Model for Countering Corruption Without Silencing Speech in Elections,”
St. Louis University Law Journal
55 (2011): 853.
12.
Buckley v. Valeo
, 424 U.S. 1, 30.
13. The Rules of the Florida House of Representatives, August 9, 2011.
14. Kate Ackley, “Maxing Out? A Five-Day-a-Week Congress May Mean a Full Calendar of Fundraisers,” Roll Call, January 8, 2007.
15. Quoted in Currinder, Money in the House, p. 286.
16. Jessica A. Levinson, “Timing Is Everything: A New Model for Countering Corruption Without Silencing Speech in Elections,”
St. Louis University Law Journal
55 (2011): 853–85, 874,
http://slu.edu/Documents/law/Law%20Journal/Archives/Levinson_Article.pdf
.
17. Ibid., p. 880.
18. Quoted in Marian Currinder, Money in the House, p. 296.
19. Quoted in ibid., p. 252.
20. Brian Baird, “We Need to Read the Bills,”
Washington Post, November 26, 2004.
21. Ian Talley, “Need for Speed (Read) to Pass Climate Bill,” Wall Street Journal, May 20, 2009.
22. Pete Kasperowicz, “Rand Paul Puts Forward Measure That Would Force the Senate to Read Bills,” The Hill, July 2, 2012.
Appendix 1
1. Data was obtained from NRCC office in March of 2013. List does not include information for the following members: Dana Rohrbach, Don Young, Jim Sensenbrenner, Jeff Fortenberry, Jim Bridenstine, Justin Amash, Mark Sanford, Marlin Stutzman, Paul Broun, Raul Labrador, Rodney Alexander, Shelley Capito, Steve Stockman, Steven Palazzo, Tim Huelskamp, Tom Graves, and Walter Jones.
2. Data was obtained from DCCC office in 2013.
Appendix 2
1. Source:
http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/industry.php?txt=Q03&cycle=2012&view=R
Index
Access to Capital for Job Creators Act (H.R. 2940),
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–
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accountability, and style,
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–
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Ackerman, Gary,
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ACS Heritage,
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Adelson, Sheldon,
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AeroVironment, Inc.,
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Affordable Health Care Act,
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–
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airline industry, and Congressional privilege,
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–
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Alexander, Rodney,
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Alexander Strategy Group,
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Allison, Bill,
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Alston & Bird (consulting firm),
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Altman, Roger,
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Amazon,
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America Forward PAC,
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–
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,
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American Airlines,
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American Automotive Policy Council,
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American Clean Energy and Security Act,
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American Dental Association,
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American Independent Energy PAC,
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American Petroleum Institute,
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Ameripac,
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ANDER PAC,
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Anderson, Chris,
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Andrews, Mrs. Robert,
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–
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,
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Andrews, Robert (“Rob”),
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,
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–
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,
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–
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Apple,
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arms manufacturing industry,
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.
See also
defense industry
Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers,
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Associated Milk Producers,
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AT&T,
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–
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,
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,
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–
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; merger with T-Mobile,
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–
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,
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–
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Bachmann, Michele,
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; leadership PAC(s) of,
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Bair, Sheila,
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Baird, Brian,
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Barclays,
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Barrick Gold (mining company),
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Barron’s
,
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Battelle, John,
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Baucus, Max,
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–
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,
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–
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,
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Bauer, Robert,
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Beale, Sara Sun,
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BearingPoint, Inc.,
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Biden, Joe,
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; anti-piracy legislation and,
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–
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,
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,
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,
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–
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bills.
See
laws; legislative process; “milker bills”;
entries for specific laws
Bing, Steve,
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Black, Diane,
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Black, Ed,
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blackmail,
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Blackstone’s Law Dictionary
,
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Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin (firm),
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Blagojevich, Rod (“Blago”),
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–
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Blom, Bryan,
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Blue Cross,
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Blunt, Andy,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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–
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Blunt, Matt,
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,
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,
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,
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; as Missouri governor,
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,
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–
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Blunt, Roy,
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,
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,
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–162,
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–
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; family machine of,
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–
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Blunt Victory Committee,
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Boehner, John,
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,
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,
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; fund-raising machine of,
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–
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,
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; stopgap spending bill and,
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–
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; toll taking and,
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–
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,
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; Wall Street and,
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–
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Boren, David,
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Boxer, Barbara,
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Breuer, Lanny,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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–
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bribery: antibribery law enforcement and,
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–
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; vs. extortion,
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–
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,
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–
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,
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–
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,
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Bronfman, Edgar,
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Broun, Paul,
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Brown, Jay,
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Brown, Michael,
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Brown, Ron,
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Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck (Las Vegas firm),
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Bryan, Richard,
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Buchanan, Vernon,
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Buckley v. Valeo
,
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Build America PAC,
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bureaucratic extortion,
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–
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,
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–
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,
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–
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.
See also
Department of Justice (DOJ)
Burlington Northern railroad,
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Bush, George W. (U.S. president),
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,
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BusinessWeek
,
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California, fund-raising in,
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–
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campaign committees: loans to,
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–
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,
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; personal expenses and,
[>]
; regulation of,
[>]
; transfers to other candidates and,
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.
See also
leadership PACs
campaign contributions: lifestyle enhancement and,
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,
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–
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; from other politicians,
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,
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–
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,
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; “protection money” and,
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–
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,
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–
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; regulation of,
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; vote-buying and,
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–
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.
See also
fund-raising; leadership PACs; “milker bills”
Campbell, John,
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Cantor Fitzgerald,
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Card, Andy,
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“Cardinals,”
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