Trillionaire breaks campaign spending record

Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast | Oct 21

With affordability, income inequality, and other consequential pocketbook policy items at play in this year's midterm elections, we look at the financial lay of the land. 

On Today's Show:
Theodore Schleifer, who covers billionaires and their impact for the New York Times, talks about the massive amounts of money currently at play in the midterm elections, the billionaires who donate it and how it affects what happens.

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