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Passing the bucks

Representative Steny Hoyer, an aggressive fundraiser for the successful 2006 campaign for Democrats to take control of the House, raised nearly $1 million for congressional candidates by exploiting what experts call a legal loophole, according to records analyzed by the Center for Public Integrity. Campaign finance disclosure records show that the Maryland Democrat used his […]

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