[ChrisAJ]

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Good article, however, D'Amato has little to no influence among a Democrat controlled Congress. It would have been nice, not to mention intelligent, to have him on board lobbying against the bill before they passed the damn thing.

Damn bill wouldn't have gotten passed if Jack Abramhoff had still been around. Either way, decent article and a step in the right direction.

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Considering the real work needs to be done on the Republican side of the aisle, D'Amato isn't a bad choice.

It is probably up to AGA/the B&M crowd to work Reid (and probably always has been).

Besides, the Senate is really just a club - former Senators are just inactive club members. They get an audience regardless of which side of the building they sat on when they were active. Usually, anyway.