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...Moral alarm over the backroom political culture of America’s capital goes back much further even than James Stewart’s 1930s film Mr Smith Goes to Washington....
...Mr Mack served from 1989-2001, and Mr Breaux retired this week after 18 years in the Senate. Mr Breaux has long been considered a valuable broker between the parties....
...One appointee, Fred Hatfield, is a former chief of staff to democratic senator John Breaux. The other, Michael Dunn, has spent most of his career in agricultural credit....
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