A senator can have a corporate jet make a special flight just for them and reimburse the company for one seat's worth of first-class airfare, not the actual cost of the flight. See how a company can donate to their senator through this airfare reimbursement?
A representative cannot take travel expenses directly from a lobbyist, but can take expenses from a charity or other organization with a lobbyist on its board. This means that the lobbyist cannot give travel expenses to the representative, but the lobbyist's charity can.
Corporations cannot contribute to a politician’s campaign fund, but the corporation can contribute to a charity that a politician is associated with. These charitable donations do net even need to be reported by the politician.
Senators, representatives, and their staffers cannot take a single gift, including food and entertainment, worth $50 or a collective of gifts worth $100 from a single person. If that person, however, is a "personal friend" of the representative, that $100 increases to $250. Because of these limits, the owner of the NBA Wizards and the NHL Capitals has set the price of club tickets at $49.50.
A lobbyist can provide up to $49.99 worth of food per person for a representative and staff for late-night sessions, provided the lobbyist has no "direct interest" in the legislation they are working on that particular night.
Senators and representatives are allowed to use campaign funds to defend themselves in bribery investigations that are related to their office.
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