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Ted Stevens: How do we know which is the highest priority exemption? I thought there was an absolute prohibition of any gift from a…

On the recordMay 5, 1994
How do we know which is the highest priority exemption? I thought there was an absolute prohibition of any gift from a lobbyist. Am I wrong?
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Ted Stevens

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Questioning the prioritization of exemptions to lobbyist gift prohibitions.

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