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A short, unhappy history of campaign finance reform.
Notice that you no longer hear what was, until recently, an incessant rhetorical drumbeat--the campaign finance reformers' lament about there being "too much money in politics." What happened? Liberals discovered that they could raise lots of money. They rejoiced when Howard Dean so effectively mined the Internet for contributions that he opted out of public financing and its spending limits, causing John Kerry to follow suit. So liberals have adjusted their rhetoric, and their principles, such as they ever were.
--George Will, August 2004
To its supporters, our most recent round of campaign finance reform legislation, the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act ...
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- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report Samuel, Terence April 9, 2001 700+ words
Each morning during the recent campaign finance debate, Sens. John McCain and Russ Feingold and...the Senate fight, he's on record as opposing campaign finance reform. The recent battle shows how powerful a determined...
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- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) March 7, 1998 700+ words
...have consigned the latest campaign-finance reform bill to the usual oblivion...Politics, a group that wants campaign-finance reform. Last year Mr Kerry spent...s sporadic efforts at campaign-finance reform: "It's inappropriate...
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- Magazine article from: The Nation April 2, 2001 700+ words
* As the Senate geared up for a debate on the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill (McFein for short), which bans soft money, Democratic Senator Robert Torricelli was again grumbling about how the bill...
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- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times February 13, 2002 700+ words
...John Samples and Patrick Basham The campaign finance reform endgame begins this week. Today, the...Enron scandal underscores the need for campaign finance reform." Campaign finance "reform" is a perfect example of how, in politics...
- Doing Sisyphus's work. (campaign finance reform)(Column)
- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report Barone, Michael November 25, 1996 700+ words
The cry is on for campaign finance reform. Bill Clinton, with much...finance laws, he called for campaign finance reform. Republicans, in their...qualify for public funds. Campaign finance reform is Sisyphus's work; the...
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- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) January 20, 2001 700+ words
...continue his crusade for campaign-finance reform when the Senate reconvenes next week. For years, campaign-finance reform has been an issue well...Republican senators who opposed campaign-finance reform and replaced them with...
- CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM SUPPORTED.(Neighbors Syracuse)(Letter to the Editor)
- Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) January 24, 2002 700+ words
...returns after its mid-session break, campaign finance reform is surely going to be a central issue...petition that would force the House to vote on campaign finance reform. Campaign finance reform is a major concern of the American people...
- Rough Seas for McCain.(Senator John McCain's efforts toward campaign finance...
- Magazine article from: Newsweek Turque, Bill March 26, 2001 700+ words
...final town meeting to rev up support for his campaign finance reform bill before the Senate takes it up this week...it; Democrats dub it a "poison pill." As campaign-finance reform sets sail, it is one of many hazards McCain...
