| The Power Of Unity |
January 2, 2013 |
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Dennis Kucinich, D-OH
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"We need a new politics in America which unites people, which sets aside partisan differences for the greater good of the country, and which strives to reconnect with the greatness of the Nation and the goodness of the American people. But what would that politics look like? The rhetoric would change to one of mutual respect. The questioning of motives would end. The poison system of “pay to play” would be transformed by public financing, and our government would be rededicated to addressing the practical aspirations of the American people for jobs, for health care for all, for education for all, for retirement security for all, and for environmental security."
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| Omnibus Appropriations Conference Report |
December 16, 2011 |
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Tom Coburn, R-OK
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"Let me make one additional point. Things are not right in our country because things aren’t right in the Senate. This 1,200-page bill that should have come out here appropriations bill by appropriations bill—11 or 12 appropriations bills—has over $3.5 billion worth of phonemarks in it. We don’t have earmarks anymore; they are all phonemarks. The corruption is still here. The pay-to-play game is still going on in Washington. Now we just don’t do it in the bill, we do it by telephone, and we threaten agencies: If you don’t give this money to this person, your money will be cut the next year."
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| In Honor Of Mr. Bob Paynter |
October 27, 2011 |
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Dennis Kucinich, D-OH
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"Throughout his career, Bob has been the recipient of some of journalism’s most prestigious awards. As a result of his work on race relations in Akron Bob was awarded a Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal for Public Service. He received Worth Bingham and Sigma Delta Chi awards because of his work on the Ohio legislature’s “Pay to Play” system and American Society of Newspaper Editors Local Watchdog Award while he was with the Plain Dealer."
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| Department Of Defense Appropriations Act, 2012 |
July 7, 2011 |
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Tom Cole, R-OK
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"Mr. Chairman, pay-to-play has no place in the Federal procurement contract, and we should try to keep politics out of the selection of vendors and businesses and contractors to go about doing Federal works. So I would urge the adoption of the amendment."
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