The company contributed $ 250,000 to each of the 2000 Republican National Convention and the 2000 Democratic National Convention and made major contributions to politicians of both parties . The company also courted politicians to invest in the company . The company hired lobbyist and former United States Assistant Attorney General Anne Bingaman , married to Democratic New Mexico Senator Jeff Bingaman , paying her $ 2.5 million between January and June 1999 to try to block licensing of an AT&T , MCI , and Sprint consortium to lay cable from the U.S. to Japan
2000 Republican National Convention
2000 Republican National Convention
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