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Sen . Mary Landrieu Accused of Swapping Influence for Campaign Cash

A Washington watchdog has filed a complaint against Louisiana Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu, suggesting she may have traded her influence on a specific earmark for $30,000 in campaign contributions.Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington on Tuesday demanded the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. district courts in Louisiana and Texas investigate whether Landrieu, who is in her second term, broke federal law back in 2001 by including a $2 million earmark in the District of Columbia appropriations bill for a company whose lobbyists had thrown her a fundraiser just days earlier.That event, held four days before the earmarks was added, raised $30,000 in contributions for Landrieu from individuals associated with the company, according to the CREW complaint.Landrieu has flatly denied the charges, saying in a statement Tuesday they are “frivolous” and “wholly without merit.”The Washington Post reported in December that as ranking Democrat and chairwoman of the subcommittee in c...

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