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Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson cuts $30M check to GOP amid Dems' 'blue wave' fears
Fox News ^ | 05/11/2018 | Lukas Mikelionis

Posted on 05/17/2018 9:11:23 AM PDT by gattaca

The donation to the House GOP-aligned Congressional Leadership Fund was sealed last week when Speaker Paul Ryan and his entourage met with the mogul at his hotel, where he explained the importance of his money in maintaining the Republicans' House control, Politico reported.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2018midterms; adelson; billionaires; bluewave; casino

1 posted on 05/17/2018 9:11:23 AM PDT by gattaca
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To: gattaca

I never have understood the rules on campaign donations.

Is there a cap, or is there not?

How can this guy, as well as Soros just donate at will.

And then Dinish D’Souza gets thrown in jail for him donating to too many causes.

Not that I have this problem, but if Bill Gates and the Amazon CEO wanted to donate 20 billion dollars, what is stopping them?


2 posted on 05/17/2018 9:25:21 AM PDT by skinndogNN
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To: skinndogNN
It's soft money - no limits whatsoever. Money can not help an individual candidate; can be used to bolster the party in general.
3 posted on 05/17/2018 9:43:53 AM PDT by C210N (Republicans sign check fronts; 'Rats sign check backs.)
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To: skinndogNN

American government is for sale to the highest bidder


4 posted on 05/17/2018 10:07:12 AM PDT by SMARTY ("Nearly all men can stand adversity...to test a man's character, give him power." A. Lincoln)
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To: gattaca

Thank you, but I think it will be a red wave and the only Blue on election night will be Dems and antiTrump Republicans....


5 posted on 05/17/2018 2:01:53 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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