Real lobbying reform must end the practice of corporate lobbyists writing our laws.
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The leadership of both houses of Congress are now operating under a cloud of scandal, impropriety, and the possibility of illegality,Marty Meehan
Recently, lobbyists for the pharmaceutical industry wrote a prescription drug bill that increased their profits and did nothing to help seniors. The result: seniors are stuck with a confusing prescription drug plan that does little to help them with their costs.
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Make no mistake about it, these cleverly disguised provisions will torpedo key disclosure requirements for so-called 'stealth PACS.'
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The worst excesses of the Congress of the 1980s pale in comparison with what is going on in Washington today.
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I don't want to remember 2005 as a year that the government heaped unnecessary burdens upon American families. Stealing from the poor and middle class and giving to the rich, while increasing the deficit, is hardly responsible.
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Over the past few years special interests have had a larger and larger say over who gets what in America, and the voices of average citizens are being shut out.
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