“Pardon me brother, as you stand in your glory. I hope you don’t mind, if I tell the whole story.”
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Curtis Mayfield playing the “Save the Children” benefit concert in Chicago 1972.
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- Lobbyist Paid for DeLay's Airfare April 24, 2005House ethics rules bar lawmakers from accepting travel and related expenses from registered lobbyists. The House Majority Leader has said that his expenses on a 2000 trip were paid by a nonprofit organization, and that the financial arrangements for it were proper.R. Jeffrey Smith
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