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Jeff Merkley: “Well, I would just like to point out that the roughly $6 billion in soft money that is in the settlement, at that…”

On the recordApril 16, 2013
Well, I would just like to point out that the roughly $6 billion in soft money that is in the settlement, at that 500-to-one rate, that is reduced down to $12 million.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley highlights the stark difference in financial impact from the settlement's structure.

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