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In the swamp, i joined katie in washington to figure out how we got to this point. >> it is hard to believe now, but there was a time not that long ago when it seemed like congress had a handle on this thing. in 2002, democratic senator russ fine gold got together with republican senator john mccain to introduce the first major bill addressing campaign finance abuses since the watergate era. >> well, there was this law in place, the federal elections law for 20 or 30 yores, but a loophole had been created that was undermining the contribution limits that had been created by the legislation. so...
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