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Patrick Leahy: “I really think the carve-out that was created in the McCain-Feingold legislation in 2002 demonstrates the weakness of…”

On the recordMarch 9, 2010
I really think the carve-out that was created in the McCain-Feingold legislation in 2002 demonstrates the weakness of the argument that corporations somehow do not have free speech of First Amendment rights.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy argues that corporations have First Amendment rights.

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