Gus Bilirakis, Kathy Castor again file bipartisan legislation to say ‘HEC No’ to 'zombie campaigns'

Gus Bilirakis, Kathy Castor again file bipartisan legislation to say ‘HEC No’ to 'zombie campaigns'

U.S. Reps. Gus Bilirakis and Kathy Castor have joined U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland to reintroduce legislation to slay “zombie campaigns.” That refers to campaign accounts stacked with cash and used for various purposes — often far outside the intended purposes — long after the candidate the accounts were supposed to benefit left office. The bipartisan legislation — Castor and Raskin are Democrats, while Bilirakis is a Republican — is dubbe…