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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “The opportunity for spending unlimited amounts of money opened the door for people who had that money to spend”

On the recordJuly 17, 2013
The opportunity for spending unlimited amounts of money opened the door for people who had that money to spend
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton discusses the impact of unlimited campaign spending on political group applications.

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