bribery politics
Bribery? $1 million pledged against Collins if she backs Kavanaugh
<p><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/million-pledged-collins-backs-kavanaugh-57780949" rel="nofollow noreferrer">$1 million pledged against Collins if she backs Kavanaugh</a></p>

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  <p>"The senator and her Republican colleagues are decrying the effort in
  Maine as attempted bribery, as attention shifts from Kavanaugh's
  confirmation hearings to the question of how lawmakers will vote on
  his nomination"</p>
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<p>How does the pledge fit the label of bribery?  or does the notion earn another label?   </p>

<p>Obviously the donor can not give Senator Collins $1M to vote against Kavanaugh, without a bribery issue being raised.  That being said, this is an interesting spin in that if Collins does not vote for Kavanaugh, how can we know that she is not influenced by the pledge? </p>

<p>It sounds less like bribery (where you give someone a benefit in exchange for an official act) than like extortion (where you threaten some harm in the absence of an act).</p>
