Elon Musk loophole that 'almost every person would say stinks' now in Dems’ crosshairs

With their new majorities in Congress, Democrats are going after a campaign finance gap that lets executives who make billions from federal contracts spend freely to elect the lawmakers who approve those contracts. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), the incoming chairman of the House Oversight Committee, have introduced the Close the Campaign Cash-for-Contracts Loophole Act – nicknamed the “Elon Musk loophole” – and MS NOW's Zeesham Aleem vouched for its seriousness. “If you ask the normal person on the street whether it reeks of corruption for a CEO or big corporate s
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