GOP Sen. Susan Collins Received $50K From AM General-Linked Donors After Her Committee Helped Steer $345M to Its Army Vehicles

Susan Collins gets more national scrutiny for campaign donations

Executives at a company that produces trucks donated to Collins after lawmakers funded vehicles the Army said it didn't need, the Intercept reported.

GOP Sen. Susan Collins Received $50K From AM General-Linked Donors After Her Committee Helped Steer $345M to Its Army Vehicles

Republican Senator Susan Collins received $50,000 from AM General-linked donors after Congress approved $345 million for joint light tactical vehicles that the US Army said it already had in excess.

Collins Got Another Big Donation After US Army Deal

The Intercept reports: The U.S. Army announced last year that it had enough of a specific model of armored vehicle and that any more deliveries would be “excess.” But even so, Congress found a way to keep funding alive for the vehicle — and executives at the company that produces the vehicle found a way … The post Collins Got Another Big Donation After US Army Deal appeared first on Joe.My.God..

Susan Collins’s Committee Bought Trucks the Army Didn’t Want. Then Campaign Donations Poured In.

Appropriations committee members saw an influx of campaign contributions after steering $345 million to a military contractor.