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Jeff Merkley: “I am going to turn to the issue of whether owners of companies have a right to know how that company is spending their…”

On the recordMarch 14, 2016
I am going to turn to the issue of whether owners of companies have a right to know how that company is spending their money, the owners' money, on political activity.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley questions the right of company owners to know about political spending.

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