Money talks!

Okay then, this post is a random journey through corporate cash land, to see what we turn up.

1. OpenSecrets tells me one of Marilyn's top contributors is something called "Rely on Your Beliefs." That's one of those shady, vague names the perks up the ears. Guess what they b$li$ve in.
   
2. Wikipedia: It's got a pretty light entry for Rely on Your Beliefs, but I get the name now. It's the PAC operation for Roy Blunt, the majority whip. Read about how he uses lobbying money to get political power here.
   
3. Blunt's helper at ROYB was Jim Ellis. "Who?" you ask. Oh, just one of Tom DeLay's cronies who's used to run ARMPAC and is now under indictment along with the Big Steward for money laundering. ARMPAC has given Musgrave tens of thousands to keep her loyal to Tom DeLay. Guess that made it easier to try and give Tom a free pass on the ethics rules.
   

Plus Wikipedia cites ROYB's larget contributors:

• Altria (one of the top corporate contributors in 2001-02 according to [4]; Blunt's current wife was previously a lobbyist for the company)
• Enron [5]
• Microsoft PAC [6]
• In March 2002, the Tigua tribe began making political contributions on request of Jack Abramoff in hopes of getting a casino approved. [7]

Shows what beliefs they relied on. More on the Tigua shakedown.