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Alan Simpson: “I felt used when I had to go raise money. I was embarrassed. I thought it was ugly. I thought it was demeaning.”

On the recordApril 11, 2011
I felt used when I had to go raise money. I was embarrassed. I thought it was ugly. I thought it was demeaning.
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Alan Simpson
Wyoming

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Alan Simpson expresses his discomfort with fundraising as a Senator.

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