With help of a zombie campaign, Jeff Miller works harder than ever

“Leftover campaign money is not supposed to be used to advance a former Congressman’s lobbying career,” said Brendan Fischer, Director of Federal Reform for Washington watchdog group Campaign Legal Center. “Miller is not an isolated case. There are numerous instances of former officeholders using their old campaign accounts as slush funds. This is another example of why the FEC needs to write new rules defining the permissible uses of leftover campaign funds — and perhaps require that former members shut down their old campaign accounts.”

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