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The Best Government Money Can Buy (VIDEO)

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The Best Government Money Can Buy Clip #10 from Cinema Libre Studio on Vimeo.

Nick Calio, Executive Vice President of Global Government Affairs at Citi Group on how fundraising helps Members’ stay close to their constituents; Daniel Newman, CEO of Maplight.org explains how 79% of all monies raised in 2009 by members in the US House came from outside of their district and our ‘dollar democracy.’

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