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Robert C. Byrd: “Let us stop the money chase. Let us stop the perception that this Senate is the fortified castle of special interests…”

On the recordFebruary 23, 1988
Let us stop the money chase. Let us stop the perception that this Senate is the fortified castle of special interests, the stronghold of special interests. The American people are the special interests that we Democrats are interested in-the American people, the whole people, nothing but the whole people.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
Feb 23, 1988

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Arguing for limits on campaign spending in Senate elections.

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