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Campaign Finance, Two Years Later

Two years after Congress changed the laws governing campaign financing, both supporters and opponents of the new measures say they've found vindication. Special-interest money, however, is seeking new ways to influence politics in 2004. NPR's Peter Overby reports.

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Peter Overby has covered Washington power, money, and influence since a foresighted NPR editor created the beat in 1994.
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