keywords: fund checks bank siphoned senatorial
text:  #36;350,000 Siphoned From Democrats' Senate Campaign Fund (Los Angeles Times) Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON  #8212; The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee recently discovered that dozens of contribution checks  #8212; some for as much as  #36;25,000  #8212; were diverted from its coffers to a private bank account, officials said Thursday.