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On the recordMay 7, 2009
A jury in West Virginia returned a $50 million verdict for a large coal company, and pending the appeal, the company's CEO spent $3 million to elect an attorney named Brent Benjamin to the state supreme court.
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Russ Feingold
Democratic · Wisconsin

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Feingold explains the context of a Supreme Court case involving campaign contributions.

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