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Follow the Money, CBS' investigative series on the mother's milk of politics, often deals with small sums in the federal scheme of things. Sharyl Attkisson is more interested in ethical principles than in the number of zeroes are the principal
So she gives Steve Buyer, the Republican Congressman from Indiana, a hard time for the $800,000 in charity fundraising he has drummed up from corporations and trade associations, including seed money from Big Pharma and support from RJ Reynolds: "Consider that he sits on committees that oversee drugs, tobacco and telecommunications." The charity in question is called the Frontier Foundation. It was organized in 2003 to disburse college scholarships, yet has so far "has not spent a single penny." Mused Attkisson: "It can be difficult to know where Buyer's reelection campaign ends and his Frontier Foundation begins." The campaign and the charity had a single office and were run by the same person.
As soon as the foundation amasses a self-sustaining $1m, it will start awarding scholarships, Buyer assured Attkisson.
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