This article originally provided by
The Charleston Gazette
September 1, 2008
From the Gazette's Potpourri: Disguised Bribery
Since 2000, coal, oil and gas executives have given $524,000 to Rep. Shelley
Capito, $295,000 to Sen. Jay Rockefeller, $135,000 to Rep. Alan Mollohan,
$126,000 to Sen. Robert C. Byrd and $77,000 to Rep. Nick Rahall. The energy
chiefs are trying to buy favors in Congress. America's system of campaign
finance almost consists of disguised bribery.
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