As president, I will prohibit all candidates and federal office holders from accepting contributions from lobbyists.

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In 1997 Mr Hashimoto was browbeaten into accepting a policy that will see the post office turned into a public company in 2003.

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But Robert Archbald, a commerce-court judge, was dismissed from office by the Senate in 1913 for misconduct that included accepting free trips to Europe.

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