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On the recordMarch 19, 2017
Clearly, I mean, just on that alone, it does not even pass the dictionary test. Clearly, there is no independence.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Whitehouse argues that corporate spending contradicts the notion of independence in political funding.

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