Summary
If you're wondering where some of that federal bailout money went, look no further than Illinois' primary election ballot.
As the dust settles from the Feb. 2 elections, a review of campaign records shows that Illinois banks and mortgage lenders that received millions of dollars in federal bailout dollars spent more than $50,000 on political donations in the past year.See the full content of this document
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Candidates Bank On Donations
The state-level funding comes a year after political contributions and lobbying expenditures at the federal level were criticized by the Center for Responsive Politics, which determined that TARP recipients had pai...
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