61. Corporate donations fell off drastically soon afterward. 62. Democrats often counter by citing the case of a Bob Dole financier convicted of laundering illicit corporate donations. 63. Illinois law requires only disclosure, but unlike federal law it does not ban corporate donations or limit how much individuals or political action committees can donate. 64. RNC lawyers verified late Wednesday that the corporate donations came from overseas, Nicholson said. 65. Scott Lewis argued that corporate donations to the Commission on Presidential Debates violate federal laws banning corporate contributions to candidates. 66. Some consumer advocates and environmental groups oppose Graham because, they allege, his findings are influenced by corporate donations he solicited. 67. The big political parties of the era were floated on corporate donations. 68. The FEC rules allow corporate donations to help fund nationally televised debates so long as the debates themselves are organized and staged by a nonprofit organization. 69. The trial is the final curtain for party bosses who ran their political families unhampered by laws regulating corporate donations. 70. Amos said AFLAC also is putting up another million dollars that will be used to match US corporate donations for Japanese relief. |