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• Source: Lexington Herald-Leader
• Date: October 15, 2006
• URL: Read the story
• Bylines: John Cheves
• Topics: Campaign Finance , Lobbying
• Data Types: Federal Data , Paper Trail
• Description/Excerpt: A six-month examination of McConnell's career, based on thousands of documents and scores of interviews, shows the nexus between his actions and his donors' agendas. He pushes the government to help cigarette makers, Las Vegas casinos, the pharmaceutical industry, credit card lenders, coal mine owners and others.
• Methodology: See explainer