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That character and the way he sustained it and the way he grew, i just think he's absolutely brilliant. >> senator franken, thank you for joining me. >> thank you. by the way, we're going to keep trying to book brian roberts or david cohen from comcast. we'd love to have them here to talk about the merger. coming up, another big controversy on abc. when should a political person be able to attend a fundraiser? we will dig more into that, next. c'mon, you want heartburn? when your favorite food starts a fight, fight back fast, with tums. heartburn relief that neutralizes acid on contact. an...

Comcast/nbc deal, went over to work a high-paying job at comcast. i just don't like that. >> the money specifically, do you think it influences your colleagues on capitol hill? >> you know, i think comcast does give money to people who support them, not necessarily to buy their support, but -- yeah, i really don't like the role of money in politics, and i think it's gotten worse and worse and worse. i think citizens united was a very disturbing pernicious ruling. i think this latest mccutcheon ruling was to her rierrible. it's just giving power to people with money. >> when nbc proposed merger...

This case, which senators on this committee got what from comcast. and we found out that every one of the 18 members of the committee has gotten cash donations from comcast at some point in the last decade, every one of them. like orren hatch, the governor of utah. here's what he had to say. >> i know some of my friends here have never met a merger they liked. too often government intervention in such matters risks harming consumer warfare by protecting competitors from market forces. >> senator hatch likes the deal and comcast likes him, really likes him. over the past decade, he received mor...

Did, more than any senator on the committee, $54,000 in the last decade. but he wasn't at the hearing on wednesday. another democrat, patrick leahy from vermont received $52,500 in the last decade. he brought up questions but he did not openly propose the merger. some of the toughest questions on wednesday came from those who received the least amount of money from comcast. republican mike lee from utah has received only $17,500. he's still a freshman senator, but here's what he said on wednesday. >> i've heard some concerns expressed that the emerging comcast, the post-merger comcast might ha...

Front of my tuition seelevision. i'll never get "war and peace" read. >> thank you for being with us. >> you make it painless. that's great. >> you don't have to flatter me anymore, i already did your interview. >> okay, i take it back. >> i'm going to regain my composure after the dick cavett interview over the break. i think you'll be shocked at how much money is being spent over this proposed comcast/time warner merger. you may ask, if they have this much money, where is the cable guy when you need him? stay tuned. ups is a global company, but most of our employees