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Shining a Bright New Light on an Old Game
By Larry Makinson Oct 1, 2009 9:33 p.m.
Jaws dropped around the Sunlight offices a couple of weeks ago, when we discovered after a month's worth of painstaking research the extent to which lobbyist donations were echoing, and in some cases greatly supplementing, the campaign contributions of their clients.
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