Monday, July 24, 2006

Federal investigators are turning their attention from former US Rep. Duke Cunningham, convicted for political bribery charges, to . Apparently, the same people who bribed Cunningham may have done similar illegal dealings with Harris, and several other current members of Congress.

Accepting large campaign contributions from businesses and then earmarking federal contracts to those contributors later in Congress, may, however, be more prevalent than even the several officials in the present case. Many large companies and corporations give hundreds of thousands of dollars every election cycle to Political Action Committees (PACs), who turn around and give that money to Congressional and Presidential campaigns. And giving to PACs is just one way businesses directly support campaigns for higher office in this nation of, by and for the people.

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