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Steve Scalise: I call it crony capitalism because it was a lot of the people who supported the law found out about it.

On the recordMarch 20, 2012
I call it crony capitalism because it was a lot of the people who supported the law found out about it.
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Steve Scalise
Republican · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Scalise criticizes the waiver program for favoring supporters of the law.

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