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Henry Waxman: “And now that we have opened the campaign laws to unlimited and dead-end unreported contributions from corporations, I…”

On the recordMay 31, 2012
And now that we have opened the campaign laws to unlimited and dead-end unreported contributions from corporations, I don't think that the lower income people are going to benefit.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman criticizes campaign finance laws benefiting the wealthy over lower-income individuals.

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