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THE CONSCIENCE OF THE SENATE. I PREFACE THIS BECAUSE YOU DID A STORY RECENTLY ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC CLUB IN MICHIGAN. WHAT IS IT ABOUT? >> IT IS ONE OF...
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
WERE SPENDING THEIR MONEY AND THIS CAME ON THE RADAR SCREEN. THEY INCREASE THEIR REVENUES EIGHT FOLD BETWEEN 2007 AND 2009 AND THEY ARE NOW ONE OF THE...
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
ABOUT IT AT ALL. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY REFUSED TO TALK TO US. THE STATE LOTTERY BUREAU REFUSED TO TALK TO US. THE TREASURER OF THE COMMITTEE WOULD NOT...
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THE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE IS REGULATED BY ANYBODY? >> @ WELL, YOU HAVE TO REGISTER
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WITH THE FEDERAL REGISTER COMMISSION. THEY ARE
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
TAX EXEMPT. THERE ARE SUPPOSED TO SPEND THEIR MONEY ON A ELECTIONEERING AND GIVE THEIR MONEY TO CANDIDATES. THIS ONE IS NOT. IT SEEMS LIKE NOBODY IS...
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
WINNINGS? HOW DOES THE BEEN THE THING WORK? WHAT PEOPLE COME IN AND SPEND BETWEEN $40.60 DOLLARS APIECE PER NIGHT AND ARE TRYING TO WIN PRIZES. THEIR...
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
MONEY AND HOW THEY ARE CONDUCTING THEIR WORK. >> WHAT IS YOUR GUESS, ONE OF THE THREE SENATE BUILDINGS IS NAMED AFTER PHILIP A.
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Lamb, Brian - Host
HART FROM MICHIGAN. WHAT WOULD HE THINK? HE WAS NOT CALLED THE CUP -- BUT HE WAS NOT OFFICIALLY THE CONSCIENCE OF THE SENATE, BUT THAT IS WHAT EVERYONE...
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF PACS. THERE ARE CORPORATE TAXPACS.
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
THE LAW SAYS THAT CORPORATIONS CANNOT GIVE MONEY TO POLITICIANS. SO CORPORATIONS DECIDED TO FORM GROUPS OF OFFICIALS, OFFICERS AND THEIR CORPORATIONS....
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Lamb, Brian - Host
THOSE ALSO A CASE WHERE MEMBERS OF THE UNION ARE GIVEN MONEY TO PAY BACK OR THEY JUST TAKE IT OUT OF THE UNION DUES? >> ALL OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS ARE ...
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
THAT YOUR EMPLOYEE OR YOUR UNION MEMBER CONTRIBUTE SO. IT IS ALL VOLUNTARY. YOU FIND THAT IN CERTAIN CORPORATIONS, WE HAVE FOUND, THROUGH SCANDALS, THAT...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
YOU RIGHT THERE? >> I GREW UP THERE. >> WHAT PART OF CHICAGO? >> OF DEERFIELD. >> WHERE DID YOU GO TO COLLEGE? >> DUKE UNIVERSITY AND COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY....
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Lamb, Brian - Host
SCIENCEE. I GREW UP IN A
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
TIME WHEN POLITICS WAS PRETTY MUCH ON EVERYBODY'S DINNERTIME CONVERSATION. >> IF WE SAW YOU AT AGE 16 SITTING AROUND THE DINNER TABLE, WHO WOULD BE THERE?...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
IS YOUR FATHER DO? WHAT'S MY FATHER WAS A SALESMAN AND MY MOTHER WAS A STAY AT HOME MOM.
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Lamb, Brian - Host
MY SISTER WAS A YEAR OLDER THAN ME. >> WHO WAS THE MOST POLITICAL INTERESTING? >> MY PARENTS
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Lamb, Brian - Host
WERE BOTH POLITICALLY INTERESTING. THEY FOLLOWED THE NEWS CLOSELY AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE NEWS. I
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
WAS PROBABLY THE MOST POLITICALLY INTERESTED AND ACTIVE. I STARTED MY OWN LITTLE NEWSPAPER IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND I WAS THE EDITOR OF THE HIGH SCHOOL...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
GOT TIRED AND I WANTED TO COME TO WASHINGTON. THIS IS THE PLACE
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
WHERE POLITICS IS MOST EXCITING AND I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE FUN. I CAME TO "SCIENCE MAGAZINE" AND THEY SAID I COULD WRITE ABOUT THE REGULATORY SYSTEM...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
WHAT THEY HIRED ME AS THE SPACE CORRESPONDENT. I WANTED TO WRITE ABOUT NATIONAL SECURITY AND I GOT HIRED TO DO THAT AFTER A LITTLE BIT OF A WEIGHT. >>...
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
A GROUP. >> IT WAS SUSAN SCHMIDT AND JIM, I FORGET HIS LAST NAME. >> THE REASON THAT YOU WON THE AWARD
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
WAS FOR WHAT? >> WE WERE WRITING ABOUT TOM
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Lamb, Brian - Host
DELAY AND SUE
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
SCHMIDT AND HER COLLEAGUES WERE WRITING ABOUT JACK ABRAMOFF AND OF THOSE TWO THREADS NETMET BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME HEAVY-DUTY ACTION BETWEEN TOM DELAY...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
DELAY AND JACK ABRAMOFF? HAS ANYTHING CHANGED? >> YES, SOME THINGS HAVE CHANGED. THE SENATE HAS PASSED SOME REFORM THAT HAS ENCOURAGED A
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
TRANSPARENCY AND MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR US TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE MONEY. THE HOUSE HAS ALSO STRENGTHENED ITS CAMPAIGN FINANCE DISCLOSURE RULES...
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READING IT AND ASKED TO EXPLAIN IT. THE HEADLINE ON AT IS -- >> YOU HAVE DEMOCRATS IN YOUR STORY FOR THOSE THAT ARE LISTENING. WE WILL GET TO THOSE...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
THIS IS A CLASSIC CASE -- PEOPLE WHO DESCRIBE, BUT THIS IS LIKE WATER THAT FINDS A
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
HOLE. IN YEARS PAST, IT USED TO BE COMMONPLACE FOR CORPORATIONS TO BASICALLY FINANCE VACATIONS FOR LAWMAKERS TO FANCY PLACES. HE USED TO BE COMMONPLACE...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
PAC.C. >> WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NAME PAC AND LEADERSHIP PAC? >>
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Lamb, Brian - Host
A POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE IS FORMED EITHER BY A CORPORATION OR AN IDEOLOGICALLY MOTIVATED GROUP
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
OR IT IS FORMED BY A UNION OR IT IS FORMED BY SOMEBODY WHO HAS AN INTEREST TO PROMOTE, AND ADD OF -- AN ADVOCATE. A LEADERSHIP PAC IS FORMED BY LAWMAKERS....
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Lamb, Brian - Host
REGULAR PAC? >> I THINK THE DURATION LIMITS ARE 2500 A CYCLE, $5,000 A YEAR. >>
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
SO THEY BUNDLE THIS AND YOU CAN GO TO ONE CORPORATION OR ONE UNION AND PICK UP CHECKS FROM EVERYONE IN THE ROOM AT THE SAME TIME OR
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Lamb, Brian - Host
GO TO ONE FUND-RAISER IN NAPLES AT THE RITZ-CARLTON AND DO THE SAME TIME? >> YES. >> GO AHEAD. >> THE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER LACKS A CERTAIN STEAKHOUSE....
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
SPENT $40,000 AT STAKE HOUSE, EATING DINNER WITH DONORS. >> BUT THAT'S THE COWS IS ABOUT THREE BLOCKS FROM HERE. -- THAT STEAK
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Lamb, Brian - Host
HOUSE IS ABOUT THREE BLOCKS FROM HERE. >> PETE SESSIONS IS A REPUBLICAN FROM TEXAS WHO LIKES DISNEY WORLD.
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
HE SPENT ABOUT $9,000 AT THE DISNEY GRAND FOR THE AND AND HE SPENT ANOTHER $6,800 AT A RESTAURANT IN LAS VEGAS. HE LIKES TO GO TO THOSE PLACES. DENNIS...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
THAT THIS WOULD BE A WAY TO RAISE MONEY? >> IF WE HAVE, WE WOULD HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT IT AND PUT IT ON THE FRONT PAGE. IT IS HARD TO PROVE THAT THOSE KINDS...
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
IT IS HARD TO PROVE. IT IS HARD TO PROVE THAT A SPECIFIC DONATION WAS GIVEN TO ACHIEVE A SPECIFIC OUTCOME. THE THING ABOUT THE ABRAMOFF CASE THAT WAS...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
THERE IS A LOT MORE HERE AND WE WILL READ SOME MORE. WHAT IS IT ABOUT PEOPLE THAT COME TO WASHINGTON REPRESENTING THE PUBLIC MAKES
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
THEM THINK THAT THEY HAVE TO BE IN LIMOUSINES, PRIVATE JETS AND AT RESORTS? >>HAVE YOU EVER ASKED THEM? >> A BIG REASON IS THAT WHEN YOU BECOME A LAWMAKER,...
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
A LAWMAKER. IF YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR JOB, YOU HAVE TO KEEP SWIMMING IN THAT SAME SEE. WHO HAS THE MONEY? PEOPLE WITH VERY LAVISH LIFESTYLES WHO CAN AFFORD...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
WILL THEIR RANK-AND-FILE LIKE IT IF ANY OF THESE PEOPLE THAT WE MENTIONED WERE DOING THE LIMOUSINE, A PRIVATE JET, RESORT DEAL? >> OR DO THEY KNOW? WHAT...
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
LAWMAKERS THAT ARE LIVING HIGH. THEY ARE EMULATING THE DONORS. MOST OF THE WEALTHIEST DONORS ARE CORPORATIONS. UNIONS TO GIVE A LOT OF MONEY ALSO. WE...
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
BUT YOU CANNOT SPEND THE MONEY ON YOUR CAMPAIGN FROM A LEADERSHIP PAC. >> THAT IS CORRECT. THE LAW ONLY ALLOWS YOU TO ONE OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
AND SO YOU ARE TECHNICALLY NOT ALLOWED TO SPEND ANY OF THE LEADERSHIP PAC MONEY ON YOUR OWN REELECTION. BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT A LOT OF MONEY GETS SPENT...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
WHEN A GUEST WAS TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING SIMILAR, HE HAD THREE OTHER COLLEAGUES WITH HIM AND HE IS THE ONLY ONE DOING THIS KIND OF THING . WHAT OF "THE...
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
OF THE FRANCHISE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TELLING OUR LEADERS EXACTLY WHAT THE FLOW OF MONEY IS SURROUNDING POLITICS AND HOW IT IS INFLUENCING POLITICAL...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
HELPED GATHER ALL THIS INFORMATION AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE. WHO DO YOU RELY ON? >> YOU ASK WHAT WAS DIFFERENT FROM 2005 AND 2006. A LOT OF THE PATTERNS...
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
HAVE CHANGED BUT THE FLOW OF MONEY IS STILL THE SAME. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS CHANGED A LOT BETWEEN 2005 AND THE PRESENT IS THAT THERE IS A LOT MORE...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
IT SHOULD BE, BUT JUST TO TALK IT THROUGH, YOU FIND THAT WHETHER IT BE THE CAMPAIGN LITTLE CENTER OR THE CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE POLITICS, OFTEN THE MONEY...
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
GEORGE SOROS IS COMMITTED TO TRANSPARENCY IN POLITICS AND AROUND THE WORLD. THAT IS A IDEOLOGICAL THE POINT. HE THINKS THAT THE MORE TRANSPARENCY, THE...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
ON CAPITOL HILL DISCLOSES TOO MUCH INFORMATION TO FIGURE OUT. ANYONE CAN GO
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
TO THE WEBSITE AND LOOKED UP SOMEONE'S PAC AND SEE HOW MONEY IS SPENT. IT IS A LOT OF THEM PERMISSION. ANOTHER QUICK WAY OF DOING IT IS TO GO TO THE OPENSECRETS.ORG...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
THINK THAT ALL OF THESE GROUPS SHARE THE OBJECTIVE OF ENSURING THAT PEOPLE KNOW AS
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
MUCH ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN WASHINGTON AS POSSIBLE. JUST AS LOBBYISTS IN TOWN SHARED A COMMON DESIRE TO KEEP THEIR WORK OUT OF THE PUBLIC EYE. A LOT...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
YOU WERE A FINALIST FOR A PULITZER PRIZE FOR THE OF THE GREAT STORIES. -- FOR THE ABU GHRAIB STORIES. >> WE WERE LOOKING AT THE EVENTS THAT LED TO ABU...
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
WERE YOU THERE? >> NO, I WASN'T. WE WERE TRYING TO GET INFORMATION HERE IN WASHINGTON
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
ABOUT THE INVESTIGATIONS THAT WERE BEING CONDUCTED BY THE MILITARY AND TO LEARN WHETHER THIS WAS, AS IT WAS IMMEDIATELY PER TRADE, AN ISOLATED INCIDENT...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
ABOUT WASHINGTON, DEALING WITH THIS KIND OF INFORMATION, THE GOVERNMENT AND ALL? >> I THINK AT COLUMBIA I LEARNED HOW TO BECOME A BETTER WRITER. THERE...
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
THE GROUND EXPERIENCE IN WASHINGTON AND FIGURING OUT HOW THE PLACE WORKS. >> WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THOSE STUDENTS TODAY ABOUT GETTING READY TO COME HERE....
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Lamb, Brian - Host
AND DEALING WITH GOVERNMENT? >> YOU HAVE TO BE HERE AND WATCH IT HAPPEN FOR A WHILE. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN FIGURE OUT FROM
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
A DISTANCE OR LEARN IT IN A CLASSROOM. YOU HAVE TO BE AN ON THE STREET, ON THE GROUND REPORTER WHO IS PROBING WHAT IS GOING ON IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF WASHINGTON...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
THE PRINCIPAL, YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO TALK TO THE AID. THE PRINCIPAL WAS NOT AVAILABLE. IS THAT THE WE SHOULD READ IT WHEN WE SEE THE SPOKESMAN? >> IS ALWAYS...
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
A STORY THAT IS GOING TO BE CONTROVERSIAL OR PROVOCATIVE. >> HERE IS A PARAGRAPH OR YOU TALK ABOUT THE LEADERS. >>
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Lamb, Brian - Host
YOU TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WHERE THEY WRITE A LAW AND IN THE GET A ROUND AT HIM. THE NEW TALK ABOUT THAT THEY DEMANDED THAT
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Lamb, Brian - Host
THE LEADERSHIP BE DRAWN NEARLY THREE WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON THAT? >> I CANNOT IMAGINE THE SYSTEM WOULD BE ALLOWED TO PERSIST FOR A LONG TIME. I THINK THAT...
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
WILL WAKE UP AND EXCEPT -- AND ACCEPT THAT THIS IS A WAY FOR MONEY TO HAVE CORRUPTING INFLUENCE IN WASHINGTON. FOR A MOMENT, THERE IS NOT ENOUGH ATTENTION,...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
OF PEOPLE. ON MONDAY MORNING, THERE ARE A LOT OF THE MILLS IF WE HAVE A GUESS THAT IS VERY OUTSPOKEN. ON SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS EVERYBODY, ALMOST NIL....
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
GOOD OF READERSHIP COMMENTARY. PEOPLE GET IT. THERE IS NOT MUCH CONFUSION. THERE IS NOT MUCH PARTISANSHIP BEHIND IT. THIS IS NOT A PARTISAN ISSUE....
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Lamb, Brian - Host
THAT CONNECTS THEM TO AN INDIVIDUAL. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I LOOKED UP A BUNCH OF THE SENATORS LEADERSHIP PACS AND THERE WAS SOMEONE CALLED FREEDOM PROJECT,...
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
FOR THEM LATER. IT IS INTERESTING, THERE WAS THIS INVESTIGATION BY THE OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ETHICS INTO THE SPENDING -- THE ORGY OF SPENDING SURROUNDING...
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
GROUP , I TALLIED UP ALL THE MONEY THAT THEY HAD GIVEN. THEY GAVE THE SEVEN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS $834,000. THAT IS NOT SHOW CHANGE. THAT SOUNDS LIKE A...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
DOES IT WORK? >> IT WORKS. THIS IS SOMETHING
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
IN THAT IS DIFFERENT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. IT USED TO BE THAT YOUR MARKS WERE GIVEN OUT -- THAT EARMARKS WERE GIVEN OUT BY COMMITTEES. THERE...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
SENSE, PEOPLE PAY THEIR TAXES EVERY YEAR. THEY THINK THEY HAVE A GOVERNMENT THAT IS WATCHING OUT FOR THEM. WHY IS IT THAT WE NEED ALL OF THESE INDEPENDENT...
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
ABOUT. THEY ARE JUST DIFFERENT KINDS OF WATCHDOGS. THE NEWS MEDIA COVERS THE BROAD SURFACE. WE ARE AFTER THE SAME GANG. EVERY GOVERNMENT, NO MATTER WHAT...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
WOULD YOU RATHER DO THAT OR WRITE THIS STORY? >> IN ROME, I WAS COVERING WARS IN THE BALKANS AND I FELT LIKE I WAS WRITING ABOUT MATTERS THAT
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
NEEDED TO BE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF POLICYMAKERS IN WASHINGTON WHO HAD A CAPACITY TO INFLUENCE THE OUTCOME OF THOSE. AND THE DEGREE OF U.S. PETITION...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
THIS HAD TO DO WITH THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. IT WAS ABOUT A NAME FROM THE PAST. THIS IS A MAN BY THE NAME OF FRED MALEK. CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS STORY?...
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
TALE. A LOT OF PEOPLE CYCLE THROUGH WASHINGTON. THEY HAVE AN IMPECCABLE RECORD OF SERVICE IN WASHINGTON AND THEY BECOME WASHINGTON SAGES. THERE ARE...
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
APOLOGIZED FOR DOING WHAT HE DID IN THE PAST, BUT HE HAS ALSO SAID THAT HE DID NOT HAVE ANY HEAVY-DUTY INVOLVEMENT IN THIS. LO AND BEHOLD, AFTER A CERTAIN...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
MALEK TO WORK ON A COMMISSION THAT WAS MEANT TO EXAMINE WAYS TO FIX THE BUDGET IN VIRGINIA. THAT WAS A FUNCTION THAT MALEK IS GREAT EXPERIENCE WITH....
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
WHAT IS THE MORAL OF THE STORY? WHAT'S THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS THAT IF YOU MAKE A SERIOUS MISTAKE IN WASHINGTON, IT WILL FOLLOW YOU AROUND FOR A LONG...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
SURE. WE WILL FOLLOW THE MONEY RIGHT+ UP TO THE ELECTION THIS YEAR. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ELECTION.
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Smith, R. "Jeff" Jeffrey - Investigative Editor
THEY AAWAYS ARE. WHO IS SPENDING? WHO IS GETTING? THOSE ARE BIG QUESTIONS. >> JEFF SMITH, OF THE "THE WASHINGTON POST." THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. >>
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Lamb, Brian - Host
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