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![deanbphillips Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::39894447.png) Dean Phillips [@deanbphillips](/creator/twitter/deanbphillips) on x 87K followers
Created: 2025-07-02 14:00:49 UTC

Special interests finance THE CARROT - political contributions which buy access to offices, and THE STICK - lobbyists, many of them former members of Congress who often provide bill language.

The people being hurt by this bill can finance neither. Imagine that.


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