Shadegg Exploits Loophole in Campaign Finance Lawby: ZelphMon Jan 21, 2008 at 19:46:10 PM MST |
| Rep. John Shadegg (R-CD3) has seemingly found a way to get around the maximum allowable contributions that individuals are permitted to make to a congressional candidate by using a political-action committee or PAC.
It works like this: when your individual contributors have maxed out the amount they are legally allow to give, you have them contribute instead to a PAC, and this PAC simply passes the money along to you. It's a bit obvious, however, when the only contributors to to the PAC are two of your maxed out contributors and the only person this PAC gave money to was you. You can't prove intent, neener, neener, neener, says Shadegg, and besides the Bush appointed FEC would never investigate someone like me: Shadegg, who is up for re-election this year, said the contributions are legal because neither he nor the donors were aware that the money sent to the PAC would end up in his re-election campaign. Democrat Bob Lord will be opposing Shadegg in Arizona CD3. |