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Re:Google, once disdainful of lobbying, now a master of Wash... by kevingadd on Sunday April 13, 2014 @01:10PM (#7581924)
If by 'public' you mean 'public, but in a way that ensures the information is not particularly useful'.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_action_committee

Have fun following the paper trail when donation disclosure can be delayed, and you can accept donations to your committee from other committees, creating as long and obfuscated a donation trail as you like, and then take the pooled-together corruption money and use it for anything you want.

I suppose it is still better than secret compensation under the table for favors, though. In some sense.

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