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Lobbyists Aren’t the Campaigns’ Only Bundlers

The Senate’s newly approved rules requiring lobbyists to disclose the sources of the campaign checks that they bundle together for politicians are a welcome — if puzzling — reform. Welcome because bundling circumvents established limits on individual contributions. Puzzling because most bundlers, at least the ones we know about, aren’t lobbyists at all. Meaningful disclosure would allow us to “follow the money” by connecting the dots behind every bundling transaction.

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Megan Colon (right) and Gail Ribas, from the office of New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg, hang a sign Feb. 6 congratulating the New York Giants for their Super Bowl win over the New England Patriots on the previous day. The sign refers to “New Jersey’s Giants” because the team plays in that state.
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