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On the recordMay 1, 1996
Of course, this whole debate is chock full of irony. You have big union bosses asking the working people in this country to take their hard-earned money to pay big time media consultants to run ads to defeat folks in this Congress who have an opportunity agenda which will benefit working people.
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Robert Ehrlich
Maryland

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Addressing the influence of union bosses in political advertising.

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