1. This is good stuff, & the Saudi & Qatari operations are especially pernicious & pervasive. I'm generally mistrustful of campaign finance reforms - they tend to sound nice & either accomplish little or backfire - but on the specific issue here....https://twitter.com/NoahShachtman/status/1154745524383354881 …
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2. There's no reason Congress can't or shouldn't tighten the rules on retired elected officials using their leftover campaign warchests to buy favors & access. Outside of repaying campaign expenses, why let them keep use of the $$ at all?
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3. Of course, influence with the campaign cash of retired Congresscritters is only one aspect of foreign governments' DC operations. Journalists should really make clearer when they're quoting think tanks or interviewing 'experts' on the Saudi, Qatari and/or Russian payrolls.
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