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Like the Democrats, Florida GOP Turns Over Thousands in Enron Donations.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, February, 2002

By Mark Silva, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Feb. 8--The Republican Party of Florida quietly has turned over $30,000 -- slightly more than it collected from the now-bankrupt Enron Corp. during the 2000 election campaigns -- to a relief fund for the failed energy firm's employees.

The move follows similar payments of $5,000 by the Florida Democratic Party and $8,000 by the campaign fund of Florida Sen. Bob Graham.

Like the Democrats, the Republicans say they collected checks from Enron at a time when the Houston-based company was in good standing but now think that money should go to Enron workers.

In Florida, and indeed nationally, Enron and its executives were major donors to election...

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