The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has not written rules that explicitly clarify how leftover funds from defunct campaigns should be used.
Former members of Congress are tapping into their old campaign funds to further the interests of foreign governments, and perhaps their own careers, according to a new report from the Campaign Legal Center, a campaign finance watchdog., outlines a pattern of behavior from former members of Congress who are or were registered as foreign agents, people who represent the interests of foreign entities or lobby on their behalf.
The Federal Election Commission has not written rules that explicitly clarify how leftover funds from defunct campaigns should be used, so a new front at the intersection of campaign finance and power brokering has emerged:"zombie campaigns."questions have emerged Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott participates in a reading during a memorial service at the National Statuary Hall of the Capitol September 27, 2017 in Washington, DC.marks another oversight from poor federal regulation of zombie campaigns: the use of political dollars to, perhaps, advance foreign interests.
The day after Moran's contribution, according to the report, four other lobbyists and partners at his firm gave Menendez nearly $4,000 in total. One week later, Menendez helped block U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia, a rival to the Persian Gulf nation of Qatar. Qatar is a client of Moran's firm, paying them $40,000 per month to lobby on the country's behalf, the Campaign Legal Center found.
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