A Loophole Allows Lawmakers To Reel In Trips And Donations

Loophole Allows Lawmakers To Reel In Trips & Donations
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 08: Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) speaks about unemployment insurance during a news conference at the US Capitol, January 8, 2013 in Washington, DC. Sen. Ayotte announced an amendment to unemployment benefits legislation that would pay for a three month extension of temporary long term unemployment benefits and repeal the unfair Cost of Living Allowance reduction for military retirees. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 08: Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) speaks about unemployment insurance during a news conference at the US Capitol, January 8, 2013 in Washington, DC. Sen. Ayotte announced an amendment to unemployment benefits legislation that would pay for a three month extension of temporary long term unemployment benefits and repeal the unfair Cost of Living Allowance reduction for military retirees. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

After some time in the hot tub, an evening cocktail reception and a two-and-a-half-hour dinner in a private dining room named Out of Bounds, Representative Adrian Smith, Republican of Nebraska, made one last stop, visiting the lounge at the Four Seasons Resort hotel here to spend more time with the lobbyists and other donors who had jetted in from Washington, D.C., to join him for the weekend getaway.

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