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On the recordOctober 8, 2007
If there was ever a doubt that Washington lobbyists don't actually represent real Americans, it's the fact that they stopped leaders of both parties from requiring elite investment firms to pay their fair share of taxes.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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