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Countrywide's PAC closing amid inquiries

SOURCE: Jim McElhatton // Washington Times

2 Jul 2008 // The political arm of embattled Countrywide Financial Corp., which has donated more than a half-million dollars to candidates and political groups since 2005, is shutting down amid a corporate buyout and ongoing inquiries into whether lawmakers got sweetheart deals from the California-based subprime lender.

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