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A loophole in federal campaign finance law allows candidates to spend donations for their own personal use, and though Democrats and Republicans at the FEC have tried to persuade Congress to ban the practice, the only people who can change the law are the ones who benefit from it.

Leadership PACs, often set up as a way to support like-minded candidates, aren't bound by the personal-use ban that applies to authorized political committees when it comes to how a

Dana Starkell has canoed most of the Mississippi River three times. He's giving Channel Cat Talks on June 25 and 27.

The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at Arizona State University investigated spending from a specialized type of political action committee known as a leadership PAC and found a loophole.