Mr. Shock will refund his campaign for the bill.
As businesses including Walmart and Google asked Hyde-Smith to refund their campaign contributions, Espy claimed Hyde-Smith was "bad for business" and would only embarrass the state and reinforce negative stereotypes of Mississippi.
It's been a big week for politicians refunding tainted campaign donations.
Refunds of campaign contributions are not rare, and most are not particularly scandalous.
The Secret Service typically refunds political campaigns part of the cost of flying around with the candidate.
Mr. Sharon is also facing the possibility of eventual charges in another investigation, into a loan from a South African businessman to cover the refund of illegal campaign contributions in his election race in 1999.
Biogen, as part of an agreement to sell the multiple sclerosis drug Tecfidera, found that it was not generating the promised return on investment, these people say, and Pfizer received a full, $4-million refund for a campaign it had purchased.
Walmart on Tuesday said it would seek a refund for its campaign donation to Hyde-Smith, saying her remark about public hangings does not "reflect the values of our company and associates".
As a result of the refunds, Mr. Weiner's campaign lost money during the latest fund-raising period, which covered Jan . 12 through March 11
It may be one of the most expensive campaign refunds in history — or an example of how tangled the trail of political money can be in the age of "super PACs" and unlimited donations.
