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Over the past few years special interests have had a larger and larger say over who gets what in America, and the voices of average citizens are being shut out.

Marty Meehan

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Marty Meehan
Age: 67
Born: 1956
Born: December 30
Adjunct Professor
Attorneys In The United States
Financial Analyst
Lawyer
Politician
East Chelmsford
Massachusetts
Martin Thomas Meehan
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Recently, lobbyists for the pharmaceutical industry wrote a prescription drug bill that increased their profits and did nothing to help seniors. The result: seniors are stuck with a confusing prescription drug plan that does little to help them with their costs.
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I don't want to remember 2005 as a year that the government heaped unnecessary burdens upon American families. Stealing from the poor and middle class and giving to the rich, while increasing the deficit, is hardly responsible.
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Parts of the Voting Rights Act are due to expire next year if Congress doesn't extend them, including the section that guarantees that voting rights will be protected by the federal government.
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Forty-five percent of Iraqi citizens think it is morally okay to attack American troops.
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The poorest residents of the gulf coast were most affected by the devastating hurricanes, and the poorest Americans have shouldered a disproportionate share of the burden in Iraq.
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It is never too late to regain our credibility around the world.
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