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Cheney was everywhere. But the most powerful place
in all of D.C. was a nondescript
conference room at a relatively new think tank called Americans
for Tax Reform. Grover Norquist ran
the anti-tax group with huge funding from
the Koch brothers network, big oil, and big tobacco. His "Wednesday meeting," as it was called,
had become the center of the Republican world. Let's go ahead and start
with the estate tax
in all of D.C. was a nondescript
conference room at a relatively new think tank called Americans
for Tax Reform. Grover Norquist ran
the anti-tax group with huge funding from
the Koch brothers network, big oil, and big tobacco. His "Wednesday meeting," as it was called,
had become the center of the Republican world. Let's go ahead and start
with the estate tax
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Cheney was everywhere.
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But the most powerful place
in all of D.C.
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was a nondescript
conference room
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at a relatively new think tank
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called Americans
for Tax Reform.
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Grover Norquist ran
the anti-tax group
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with huge funding from
the Koch brothers network,
00:00:18.517 --> 00:00:21.087
big oil, and big tobacco.
00:00:21.954 --> 00:00:23.388
His "Wednesday meeting,"
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as it was called,
had become the center
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of the Republican world.
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Let's go ahead and start
with the estate tax.
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Movie Summary
George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney's impressive résumé includes stints as White House chief of staff, House Minority Whip and Defense Secretary. When Bush wins by a narrow margin, Cheney begins to use his newfound power to help reshape the country and the world.
