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On the recordApril 17, 2023
So this combination of huge amounts of political money flowing into the system from big special interests kept secret from the American public, has dramatically added to the long-term difficulty of trying to have fairness in Congress.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse argues that secretive political funding undermines fairness in Congress.

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