Larry Noble
Larry Noble
Larry L. Noble is the most recent Iowa State Senator from the 35th District. He served in the Iowa Senate from 2007 until his resignation on December 17, 2010 to become Commissioner of the Iowa Department of Public Safety. He earned his BA in Criminal Justice Administration from Central Missouri State Universityin 1973...
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One of the things people who are running for president try to do is keep their fundraising staff and political people close at hand. And one of the ways you can do that is by putting them in some sort of organization you run.
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... They're connected because often the political contributions open the door that allow the lobbyist in. The check by itself doesn't have written on it the agenda. It's the lobbyist that follows those contributions that brings the agenda.
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I think they felt the way that many high-tech companies felt: that what happened in Washington didn't affect them and that they were outside the political realm.
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There is a fine line between a political contribution and a bribe, but that fine line is the difference between returning to Congress and going to jail.
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If the justices uphold the law, it could mean a major change in how political parties operate,
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The idea of 'cronies' has been around for a long time, ... Every president that comes in has a lot of political appointees that they can bring in with them.
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Indian tribes have become a political force, and they have to be looked at that way with regard to political contributions.
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Criminally, I don't know if you can hold the campaign liable. But civilly, if you can show the campaign had reckless disregard for the law, you could go after them for that.
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Criminally, I don't know if you can hold the campaign liable, ... But civilly, if you can show the campaign had reckless disregard for the law, you could go after them for that.
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People expect further indictments before November, which may very well be at a lower level. Then prosecutors will see how high they can take it. This is a ticking time bomb and no one knows when it will go off or how far it will detonate.
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You get this image that they are taking money out of one pocket and giving it to a charity while they are taking money from lobbyist-sponsored fundraisers with the other hand.
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If a party puts $4 million into a House race, it's really releasing a lot of guns. It shows the importance of the race.
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Businesses want to succeed. They want to make sure they get access and a hearing, regardless of who's in office. They're very bottom-line oriented.
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Right now, a number of members are betting on the public losing interest and getting away without any new reforms.