Momma Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Lobbyists

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Momma Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Lobbyists

By Shea Andersen, 3-30-06

"It's kind of like going out in the field and seeing a dead cow that's been a dead cow for a few days with all the flies on it. This bill had so many lobbyists working it right from the get go."

-Idaho Speaker of the House Bruce Newcomb, speaking with KBCI Channel 2 after watching his controversial aquifer recharge bill get canned by the Idaho State Senate.

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