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Jamie Raskin: “So what we have done is we have converted every corporate treasury in the country into a potential political slush fund.”

On the recordJune 2, 2014
So what we have done is we have converted every corporate treasury in the country into a potential political slush fund.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Raskin critiques the impact of Citizens United on corporate political spending.

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