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Sheldon Whitehouse: “My theory that it is disconnected by special interest money from the real world, by polluting special interest money…”

On the recordMarch 21, 2012
My theory that it is disconnected by special interest money from the real world, by polluting special interest money from the real world.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse critiques the influence of special interests on Washington's environmental policies.

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