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Robert C. Byrd: “I think the institution is being undermined by the present campaign financing system; and I think this representative…”

On the recordJune 4, 1987
I think the institution is being undermined by the present campaign financing system; and I think this representative form of democracy is being badly undermined.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
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Jun 4, 1987

Editor's note · Context

Speaking in support of campaign finance reform legislation.

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