What I meant by that was the entire approach ends up being corrosive. What is it corroding? It is corroding the democracy.
John Larson: “What I meant by that was the entire approach ends up being corrosive. What is it corroding? It is corroding the…”
On the recordJuly 29, 2009
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Larson discusses the negative impact of campaign finance on democracy.
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