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Patrick Leahy: “Our efforts to restore transparency in campaign finance laws were gutted by a narrow conservative activist majority of…”

On the recordFebruary 16, 2011
Our efforts to restore transparency in campaign finance laws were gutted by a narrow conservative activist majority of the Supreme Court and we cannot wait any longer.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy criticizes the Supreme Court for undermining campaign finance transparency.

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