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However, potential candidate who are current office holders or those who have held office often have pockets of money that have been set aside (sometimes for years) that might now be used to make that important trip to Iowa or New Hampshire … under the pretext of official business or non-candidate-related travel.

In the next few days, Political MoneyLine will zero in on some potential presidential candidates for 2016 and give an historical picture of each one’s past and current political spending activity at the federal level.  And, when possible, point readers to glimpses of publicly disclosed non-federal monies.