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On the recordMarch 20, 2022
Four hundred million dollars funding conservative activists' behind-the-scenes campaign to remake the Nation's courts.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island
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Whitehouse highlights significant funding aimed at influencing judicial nominations.

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