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Street and cash in their experience for lobbying money. but sitting on the senate floor today were people who have made a career of service to this country and have steadfastly refused to walk across that street, even though millions of dollars are waiting for them on the other side. you know anyone who's turned down millions of dollars? i do. i know many. and it may surprise you to learn they all work for you. after thanking the staff, there was just one more point of order before the vote. as chris dodd noted today, it has been exactly 200 days since the death of health care reform's greates...

Marcelas owens. marcelas, good evening. thank you for joining us tonight. >> it's good to be on the show. >> now, i know you got into this i've read and i've heard you talk about getting into this because of what happened to your mother. but you got into it before president obama did. you got into it a few years ago, and how did you then come to the attention eventually to the president? >> i was -- wait. i was doing activist work, and -- >> was there a meeting where you introduced yourself to a senator and told her what you'd been doing? >> yes. >> and that's -- and she passed the word along ...

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