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Thread #116649 Message #2506008
Posted By: Riginslinger
02-Dec-08 - 12:49 PM
Thread Name: BS: Clinton as Senator from NY
Subject: RE: BS: Clinton as Senator from NY
"Do you have any links to your claim that Bill is "scrambling" to pay off Hillary's campaign debts?"
Wesley - There is this from the International Herald Tribune:
Hillary Clinton's campaign debts would wait if she joined administration By Michael Luo Published: November 19, 2008
Vendors still owed money from Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign could be out of luck for years should she become secretary of state.
Clinton still had about $7.9 million in outstanding bills from her presidential campaign at the end of September, according to Federal Election Commission records.
Philippe Reines, a spokesman for Clinton, said she has since whittled it to $7.6 million, not including the $13.2 million she loaned her campaign out of her own pocket, which officials have said she does not expect to be repaid.
"Senator Clinton has said that paying off her campaign vendors is a priority for her," Reines said in a statement, "and she remains committed to that goal."
But the Hatch Act, which governs the political activities of federal employees, including cabinet officials, normally prohibits the solicitation and receipt of political contributions.
It seems to me, then, if she was going to raise the money, Bill would have to do it.