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Orrin Hatch: “What the Congress had found was that these corporations and unions had a kind of access to Congressmen, had a kind of…”

On the recordJune 30, 2010
What the Congress had found was that these corporations and unions had a kind of access to Congressmen, had a kind of influence over Congressmen that changed outcomes, that was a corrupting influence on Congress.
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

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Hatch discusses the corrupting influence of corporations and unions on Congress.

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