1.   And donations buy influence.

2.   Advocates of a ban say that soft money is corrupting politics by allowing deep-pocketed donors to buy influence in Congress.

3.   Both built business empires and bought influence.

4.   But others say that King may have tried to buy the influence of those close to the boxer from the start.

5.   But the effort has raised serious questions about whether Chinese or other foreign interests tried to buy political influence.

6.   But so far little evidence has emerged to show definitively that Beijing conducted a coordinated attempt to buy influence in the United States.

7.   China denies that it ever tried to buy influence in the elections.

8.   Clearly, McConnell will say anything to hold onto power and also preserve the right of big money to buy influence in Washington.

9.   Did Enron buy political influence?

10.   Dole said at the time that his attack on Time Warner proved that supporters could not buy influence with him.