The
idea or
concept of bundling multiple campaign contributions together in one large "care-package" of
sorts. In America, a single
person or corporate
entity can contribute a maximum of $10,000US to a politician for purpose of campaign contributions.
Here's a little scenario: A
company wants to make a major
contribution to a certain
congressman who has to run for office, as his term is about to
end. Since a single person can only contribute $10K US, why not have the entire 20 member
board of directors and 20 deep executive wing each make individual contributions? Wow, instant $400,000. Each person in question receives $10K in their bank account, then they each write a check for $10K to the congressman in question. A
corporate lobbyist acting for the company gets all the checks, "bundles" them together (hence the
name), and
delivers the "bundle" of checks to the person in question. It is legally sound, since each check comes from a seperate person, and a corporate entity is never attached to the "bundle" in the first place. Very sneaky, hmmm?