Lobbyist Lott takes advantage of old Senate campaign cash

Source: AP

Lobbyist Lott takes advantage of old Senate campaign cash

By BEN EVANS, Associated Press Writer 29 minutes ago

Trent Lott had nearly $1.3 million in political donations left over when he quit the Senate to become a lobbyist. Now the former majority leader is doling it out to lawmakers who hold sway over his clients.

It's perfectly legal, and Lott is hardly the first to distribute unused campaign cash to former colleagues.

But his giving is drawing attention thanks to the magnitude of his campaign account and the high-profile matters he has been hired to promote, including the proposed Delta-Northwest airline merger and Northrop Grumman's contested $35 billion Air Force tanker contract.

"The purpose of it really is to benefit Trent Lott's personal lobbying business at this point. There is no other benefit at all," said Craig Holman, who lobbies for tighter campaign finance rules for Public Citizen.

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Once & always...just a whore in a bad wig.

they just get to keep the money that was raised for their various elections?....or if they lose an election but still have money left over they just get to keep it? If this is true, how is this different from professional panhandling?

If this is not true, how did Lott get to keep this money?

Trent's gotta host all those K.. err CCC meetings yanno, and those hair helmets don't grow on trees :grr:

The revolving door has become a carousel, brass rings and all.

.... why Americans hate DC. Lott personifies the modern repub party: I got mine.