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Source #10423

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TitleCharles Ferguson documentary investigation and Columbia Journalism Review
Original URLhttps://archives.cjr.org/the_audit/bill_clinton_the_republicans_m.php
PublicationDirected Inquiry — Web Search
Source typeweb_search
Date2000-01-01
EntityBill Clinton
Captured2026-04-15T07:38:11.411Z UTC
Hash computed at2026-04-15T07:38:11.411Z UTC
SHA-2562b220044f362d6830ad00863ee53344e81a31538099f7aca579c9b7fbe1e1320
Content length149 bytes
Content preview (first 800 chars) 
Clinton administration actively lobbied for Commodity Futures Modernization Act despite Clinton's later claims of being forced by Republican Congress

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