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SERIES. IT'S REALLY SPECIAL FOR EDUCATORS HERE IN TOWN TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO AN AUDIENCE LIKE THIS AUDIENCE. YOU ALWAYS ASK HARD QUESTIONS. YOU ALWAYS...
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| 00:02:37 |
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CAN I SAY OTHER THAN I WROTE IT? I GUESS I'M SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT 60, 75 MINUTERS ON SO AND LEAVE PLENTY OF TIME FOR QUESTIONS. CHUCK HAS INDICATED...
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| 00:19:17 |
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WHO DID THAT WAS A MAN RIGHT HERE IN VIRGINIA, JOHN RANDOLPH OF ROANOKE, VIRGINIA, AND HE AND HENRY CLAY DID NOT SEE EYE TO EYE ON LOTS OF THINGS BECAUSE...
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| 00:32:39 |
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DEMOCRATS FOR 40 STRAIGHT YEARS AND 30 AT THIS JUNCTURE, ROUGHLY AND MAINTAINED MAJORITY CONTROL OF THAT INSTITUTION AND A LOT OF THE HAVE NOTES WERE...
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| 01:10:15 |
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A NATIONAL -- IT'S A CAUCUS OF THE CONGRESS. THEY ALL HAVE THEIR OWN LITTLE THING ABOUT WHAT IT IS THEY DO. THE
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| 01:10:22 |
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INDIA, I-N-D-IA-A, RIGHT? [ INAUDIBLE ] >> WELL, HEY, IT'S A BIG COUNTRY. WE HAVE GOOD TRADING RELATIONS WITH THEM AND MORE. BIG
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| 01:10:40 |
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ANYWAY, THEY ALL HAVE A ROLE AND A PURPOSE. SOMETIMES THEY EXIST ONLY ON PAPER. SOMETIMES THEY ACTUALLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, A LARGE INFLUENCE, IF YOU WILL....
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| 01:11:28 |
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LOBBYING ORGANIZATIONS IN, YOU KNOW, YELLOW PAGES. OR, YOU KNOW, ON THE WEB. OR WHEREVER. I MEAN, WHAT DO SOME OF THESE DO? YOU HAVE A SOFT CORN ASSOCIATION...
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| 01:11:59 |
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BETTER JOB OF DEFINING THE ISSUES THAT HAVE COME UP THAN HAVE THE DEMOCRATS. THAT MAY JUST BE IMAGINATION. I DON'T KNOW. BUT IF YOU NOTICE THAT, IT SEEMS...
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| 01:12:28 |
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VIEWS OF THE ORGANIZATION THAT I REPRESENT. SO NOBODY'S TO BLAME, YOU KNOW, BUT ME. ALL RIGHT? FOR WHAT I SAY. AND NOT THE LIBRARY, NOT CRS OR ANYBODY...
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| 01:18:16 |
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YOU MEAN THE 46 -- THE CONSOLIDATION YOU MEAN? >> FROM COMMITTEE TO SUBCOMMITTEE. >> YEAH, SURE. >> COMMITTEE TO SUBCOMMITTEE.
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| 01:18:27 |
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WERE THERE CERTAIN
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| 01:18:30 |
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COMMITTEES, LIKE WAYS & MEANS THAT WERE NEVER
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| 01:18:33 |
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INVITED? >> SURE. IT WASN'T THAT THERE WEREN'T SUBCOMMITTEES BEFORE. ALL RIGHT? THERE WERE SOME SUBCOMMITTEES BEFORE. YOU KNOW, APPROPRIATIONS ALWAYS...
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| 01:18:46 |
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RESOURCES SO THEY CAN OPERATE. THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WERE DONE IN TERMS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE GOVERNMENT MODEL THAT STILL CONTINUES. ALMOST ALL...
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| 01:24:19 |
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BUT ANYWAY, WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE [ INAUDIBLE ] HOW IS THIS DONE? WHAT COMMITTEES DEAL WITH THAT? >> PLEASE REPEAT THAT. >>...
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| 01:24:43 |
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I MEAN -- >> [ INAUDIBLE ] >> YEAH. THIS IS THE WAY IT WORKS. I'M NO EXPERT IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA,
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| 01:24:52 |
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BUT I DO KNOW THIS. THAT MEMBERS HAVE THE EXACT SAME RETIREMENT AND HEALTH
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| 01:24:56 |
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SYSTEM AS ANY OTHER FEDERAL CIVIL SERVANT. ALL RIGHT? THEY HAVE NO SPECIAL, YOU KNOW, RETIREMENT PLAN, YOU KNOW, THAT BENEFITS THEM. MAYBE THEY GET A...
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| 01:28:19 |
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SOME AGREEMENT TO PUT SOME PIECES THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO CANDIDATES WHO DON'T HAVE ENORMOUS POTS OF MONEY OR A SHELDON ADELSON IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD?...
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| 01:28:43 |
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UNITED, WELL LET ME STEP BACK. THERE WAS AN EARLIER CASE IN 1976, BUCKLEY VERSUS VALAEO. BASICALLY THAT CASE SAID MONEY EQUALS SPEECH, MONEY EQUALS...
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| 01:32:48 |
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QUESTION, IF I MAY, HOW COME IT SEEMS THAT THE ORDINARY INDIVIDUAL IS LIMITED TO "X" NUMBER OF DOLLARS PER CANDIDATE AND YOU HEAR ALL THESE OTHER WEALTHY...
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| 01:33:21 |
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IT'S DONE SOMETIMES IS BY BUNDLING. SOMEBODY WILL COME TO YOU SAY, GIVE ME $5,000. HOW ABOUT YOUR WIFE OR FRIEND? YOU GOT A LOT OF DOUGH. AS A BUNDLER....
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| 01:43:32 |
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BE IN A PERIOD OF WHAT YOU CALL ACRIMONYIOUS PARTISANSHIP AND MY QUESTION IS IF YOU HAD A CRYSTAL BALL WHAT TYPE OF DYNAMIC OR EVENT OR CHANGE WILL...
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| 01:44:02 |
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KNOW, PROPOSED BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT VERY SAME QUESTION THAT YOU ASKED. ONE POSSIBILITY MAY BE THAT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME THAT DIFFERENT...
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| 01:48:23 |
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I SUPPOSE, IN THE CONGRESS AND THE ONE THAT'S OFTEN TARGETED IS CHANGING THE FILIBUSTER RULE AND MAYBE DON RICHIE NEXT WEEK AND THE TERRIFIC SENATE...
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| 01:51:20 |
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PARTY LEADERS IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE CONSIDER A LOT OF STUFF IN TERMS OF WHO OUGHT TO BE A COMMITTEE CHAIR. OBVIOUSLY, WHEN YOU HAD A CONTEST...
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| 01:55:12 |
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DEAR TO OUR HEART! VERY HARD FOR DEMOCRATS TO SAY SCRAP IN SOME WAY AND THE ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS THAT BENEFIT SENIORS. THEY KNOW THAT SOMETHING'S GOT...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.