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Nevertheless, the Senate Executive Expenditures Committee and two other Congressional groups trumpeted that they would start investigating the five-percenters. That was a big job, since anyone who had kicked in for campaign funds, poured drinks for the right people or done the countless other things that made for influence in Washington, was equipped to be a five-percenter. But if the investigation should eliminate just a few of the five-percenters, and teach Government officials to steer clear of the influence boys, it would do a service not only to taxpayers but also to businessmen.