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On the recordApril 11, 2011
I am saying that if a corporation gives to a party that makes expenditures, the corporation is contributing to the third party that is making the expenditure.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota

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Franken asserts that corporate contributions indirectly fund third-party expenditures.

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