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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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"What's interesting is there are $12 billion of breaks in the energy bill that passed, yet we see that the sixth major oil companies in America last year made $1.1 trillion."
"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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"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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