The McConnell Machine

A lucrative connection

Kentucky farmers needed help from Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., three years ago as Congress debated a buyout of their government tobacco quotas. The farmers ended up with the perfect lobbyist to present their case: Gordon Hunter Bates, McConnell's recently departed chief of staff and campaign manager, just getting his start in the private sector.

Bates' ride from driver to gatekeeper

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Two for the money

Get cash-sniffing hounds to find Mitch

Foreign aid wins friends

Good medicine for drug firms

The money funnels

Price tag politics

McConnell by the numbers

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