On the recordJune 2, 2014
I do not think this is--I think if Thomas Jefferson were looking down, the author of the Bill of Rights, on what is being proposed here, he would agree with it.
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congress.govChuck Schumer: “I do not think this is--I think if Thomas Jefferson were looking down, the author of the Bill of Rights, on what is…”
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Schumer suggests Jefferson would support limitations on the First Amendment regarding money in politics.
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