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The American Staff
Harold Meyerson
Drew Westen
Spencer Ackerman
Tara McKelvey
Jo-Ann Mort
Thomas Schaller
Jacob Hacker
Robert Kuttner
Mark Schmitt
Congressman Barney Frank
Ezra Klein
Mark Goldberg
David Greenberg
Deborah Stone
Gordon Silverstein
Todd Gitlin
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How the senator from Washington quietly became one of Capitol Hill's most influential players
It’s not just faceless Wall Street lobbyists who are doing the damage; a guy named Mark Wetjen has some explaining to do.