NATION IN BRIEF : SOUTH CAROLINA : Inquiry Into Votes for Cash Expanded
A federal grand jury in Columbia, S. C., demanded campaign spending records from all 46 state senators, expanding the scope of an investigation into allegations that lawmakers traded votes for cash. FBI agents delivered the grand jury subpoenas to the Senate Ethics Committee two days after asking for similar campaign records from all 124 House members. Those records were turned over Thursday. The investigation involves an FBI sting operation in which a lobbyist working undercover offered legislators cash in exchange for votes on parimutuel betting legislation in the General Assembly.
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