Bay Mills Indian Community has paid Capitol Hill Lobbyists $1.32 million

According to opensecrets.org for the Center for Responsive Politics, during its quest for a third casino location -- this one hundreds of miles off-reservation -- the Bay Mills Indian Community has paid Capitol Hill lobbying firms $1,320,060.

Casino syndicators looking to exploit a loophole in the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) in order to develop and manage a third Bay Mills Indian Community casino in a market hundreds of miles away from the tribe's Upper Peninsula reservation in northern Michigan have ponied up more than three-quarters of a million dollars in lobbying fees as well.

The collective total spent on Capitol Hill lobbyists by the Bay Mills Indian Community and its backers is more than $2.09 million.

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