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Doggett Shines a Light On Stealth Coalitions

By Tory Newmyer
Roll Call Staff
Feb. 26, 2007, Midnight

Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) was new to the Ways and Means Committee in 2000 when he began to notice a pattern that troubled him: Many of the groups lobbying the panel for tax breaks had seemingly innocuous names but would not disclose who was funding them.

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