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Members of Congress scoring personal loans from political supporters

Rep. Robert Pittenger, R-N.C., listens to colleages on June 17, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Andrew Harnik/AP It began on a golf course. That’s where textile executive George Moretz and now-Rep. Robert Pittenger, R-N.C., forged a friendship during the early 2000s. The two belonged to Grandfather Golf & Country Club in Linville, North Carolina, […]

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