Take a CEO out to breakfast, get a more than $20 grand a few days later? As Mitch McConnell would sa

And as everybody knows, Mitch McConnell is not a D.C. newbie—he's been around there forever. And he definitely has "more consequential things to do than simply go to hearings" on issues important to his state. For example, having power breakfasts in the Senate Dining Room:
Only one week after Sen. Mitch McConnell took the CEO of Delta Air Lines to breakfast in the exclusive Senate Dining Room last month, the airline executive and his wife wrote $10,000 worth of checks to help fund McConnell's political operation.
The donations, which were reported to the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday, made Rick and Susan Anderson the largest contributors to McConnell's cheap travel packages canada Bluegrass Committee in July. Delta Air Lines' PAC contributed another $2,500 within days of the breakfast.
Take a CEO out to breakfast, get a more than $20 grand a few days later? As Mitch McConnell would say, only "people who just got into Washington" would see anything wrong with that. Seems like exactly the kind of thing the Ethics Committee should be taking a look at—which is exactly what Kentucky Democrats are asking them to do.
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I mean at this point why did he not bring a suitcase full of dollars to the breakfast? Next time you fly Delta you know your lack of peanuts or pretzels and the extra money for your carry on plus some of the fees to have fees are going to Kentucky
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breakfast. I honestly have no idea how Congress is reimbursed for expenses, but knowing this could be written off in the business cheap travel packages canada world, it would surprise me if this breakfast actually came out of the smarmy worm's pocket.
Paul just got into Washington. He was elected to the Senate, and continues to campaign, on opposing that kind of corruption. And in fact he is a senator from Kentucky, who supposedly prioritizes matters important to Kentucky, like that Agriculture hearing. And he doesn't like McConnell.
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