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Mike Thompson: No, the soft money problem really rose its head in about 1988, but it really didn't become a major problem until this…

On the recordSeptember 26, 1997
No, the soft money problem really rose its head in about 1988, but it really didn't become a major problem until this last election.
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Mike Thompson
Democratic · California

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Discussing the emergence of soft money issues in campaign finance.

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