General Discussion

See https://www.opensecrets.org/profiles/susan-m-collins/us_congress/organizations?cycle=2026&mpid=1116679

But those numbers are pretty meaningless. In the post-Citizens United era, AIPAC (a taxpayer-advantaged not-for-profit) organized many millions of dollars in opaque donations. She is sitting on $10 million, but there is much more than that in PACs that operate on her behalf.

She chairs the appropriations committee, so the bribe line starts down the hall and around the corner. Get in line, and make sure you don't slice it too thin. It takes cash to fuel this gravy train.

But Platner got a bad tattoo when he was deployed in Kosovo.