Critics of political fund-raising practices are questioning the role of Senator Conrad Burns (R-Montana) in raising funds for a new university telecommunications center in Bozeman, MSNBC reports. Burns, chair of the Senate Commerce communications subcommittee, approached companies with whom his panel regularly deals, MSNBC said. Firms such as TCI and US West responded with large donations for the center. Burns and aides dismiss the notion that the contacts were unseemly.
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Critics of political fund-raising practices are questioning the role of Senator Conrad Burns (R-Montana) in raising funds for a new university telecommunications center in Bozeman, MSNBC reports. Burns, chair of the Senate Commerce communications subcommittee, approached companies with whom his panel regularly deals, MSNBC said. Firms such as TCI and US West responded with large donations for the center. Burns and aides dismiss the notion that the contacts were unseemly.
