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Calvin Dooley: “So the answer then is yes, it is a special interest. The gentleman is receiving money, gobs of it, from special…”

On the recordJune 17, 1998
So the answer then is yes, it is a special interest. The gentleman is receiving money, gobs of it, from special interests and he honestly sits here and pretends that does not happen.
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Calvin Dooley
California

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Discussing the influence of special interests in political funding.

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