Neal, Levin Escalate Political Donations Amid Tax-Panel Rivalry
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Representatives Richard Neal and Sander Levin have stepped up their campaign contributions to other Democrats as they compete for leadership of the tax-writing U.S. House Ways and Means Committee.
The two lawmakers have given fellow Democrats almost $1 million between them this election cycle -- with about 70 percent coming since March, when New York Representative Charles Rangel stepped down as head of the panel, Federal Election Commission records show. Their contributions since March alone match or exceed the amount they donated in the 2008 cycle.