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Scott Walker: News accounts tell us that while the Speaker may have given up the $4.5 million advance, he stands to gain that amount…

On the recordJanuary 18, 1995
News accounts tell us that while the Speaker may have given up the $4.5 million advance, he stands to gain that amount and much more. That is a whole lot of dust where I come from. If anything now, how much the Speaker earns has grown much more dependent on how hard his publishing house hawks his book.
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Scott Walker

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Discussing the financial implications of the Speaker's book deal.

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