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Katherine Clark: One of the most alarming things we saw in November was a rise of dark money, money coming in from individuals exceeding…

On the recordDecember 3, 2022
One of the most alarming things we saw in November was a rise of dark money, money coming in from individuals exceeding over a billion dollars, and money and campaigns that we don't know who it came from. So let's make it a transparent system. Let's make it a system where the small donor has great responsibility and ability to participate.
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Katherine Clark
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Katherine Clark discusses the issue of dark money in politics and the need for transparency in campaign financing.

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