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  • Rep. Bruce Maloch

Two reform proposals from Rep. Bruch Maloch were rejected by a voice vote in the Senate State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committe this morning. One would have prohibited spending campaign money to buy tickets to another candidate’s event, a giant loophole in campaign-finance law in the state exploited by Democrats and Republicans alike. The other would have stopped the majority owner of multiple businesses from making multiple contributions via each business.

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Doesn’t bold well for the ethics bills from Rep. Warwick Sabin, who has worked with Regnat Populus to craft legislation to end corporate campaign contributions, extend the cooling-off period for former legislators to become lobbyists from 1 to 2 years and ban lobbyists from giving anything to legislators.

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