On the recordApril 21, 2008
We can be a party that says there's no problem with taking money from Washington lobbyists; the moral lobbyists, the drug lobbyists and the insurance lobbyists.
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transcripts.cnn.comBarack Obama: “We can be a party that says there's no problem with taking money from Washington lobbyists; the moral lobbyists, the…”
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Barack Obama discusses the influence of lobbyists in politics and the need for reform.
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