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Dick Durbin: “My second general point, to echo a point that Senator McCain made, is that in the end, this lobbying and ethics reform…”

On the recordJanuary 25, 2006
My second general point, to echo a point that Senator McCain made, is that in the end, this lobbying and ethics reform effort must be bipartisan to succeed.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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congress.gov
Jan 25, 2006

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Durbin stresses the need for bipartisan support in lobbying reform.

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