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Serve in Congress. Leave office. Sit on a mountain of surplus campaign cash. Nearly $100 million in campaign cash sits idle By Dave Levinthal May 22, 2014 What happens to campaign money of former congressional candidates? It often sits in accounts for years. Such miserliness is surprisingly commonplace for lawmakers of all political stripes, some […]https://i0.wp.com/publicintegrity.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/CPI_Knockout_Version2.jpg?fit=1500%2C700&ssl=11500700