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Jeff Merkley: “So the Supreme Court envisioned this steel wall, this high, impenetrable wall between an independent campaign and the…”

On the recordMay 23, 2012
So the Supreme Court envisioned this steel wall, this high, impenetrable wall between an independent campaign and the candidate's campaign, and thereby saw fit to unleash unlimited money on one side of the wall while saying the other side has campaign caps, and that made sense together but their fundamental premise was wrong?
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon
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May 23, 2012

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