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Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said this week that most Americans would be “shocked” at how much time members of Congress spend fundraising.

"I think most Americans would be shocked â€" not surprised, but shocked â€" if they knew how much time a United States senator spends raising money," Durbin told NPR’s “Morning Edition” in a segment that aired Friday. "And how much time we spend talking about raising money, and thinking about raising money, and planning to raise money."

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