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Jill Lawrence
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Which Way, L.A.?
Business Finds Tea Party Candidates Don't Always Share Goals Business groups were among those who helped dozens of Tea Party Republicans sweep into Congress. But now as lawmakers get ready to head back to the Capitol, business groups are wondering if those economic fundamentalists they helped elect are working against an important business interest: a functioning government. Jill Lawrence is national correspondent for National Journal .
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Business Finds Tea Party Candidates Don't Always Share Goals Business groups were among those who helped dozens of Tea Party Republicans sweep into Congress. But now as lawmakers get ready to head back to the Capitol, business groups are wondering if those economic fundamentalists they helped elect are working against an important business interest: a functioning government. Jill Lawrence is national correspondent for National Journal .
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