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...Hampshire voter five months ago that he would help form a panel on campaign finance reform, House Speaker Newt Gingrich has finally asked President Clinton to collaborate on a 16-member, bipartisan commission to address the issue. "Gingrich has no choice but to be serious," says TIME's Jeffrey Birnbaum. "Not only is it a top priority of the powerful Republican freshman class, it's become a hot campaign issue." Among the early Gingrich proposals: that PACs be limited to $1,000 contributions while raising the individual giving ceiling to $5,000, a reversal of current limits...
...With reporting by Jeffrey H. Birnbaum and J.F.O. McAllister/ Washington
...reform in the next few weeks, the Senate-passed rules might be weakened to allow lawmakers to go on charity golf, tennis and ski trips. "This is a much-loved perk, and Armey may be floating this idea to see what the response would be," comments TIME's Jeff Birnbaum. In addition to banning charity trips, the Senate bill forbids accepting gifts worth more than $50 and more than $100 worth of gifts from any single source in one year. Armey said a newly-formed House committee will use the Senate rule as a starting point to develop its recommendations...
...With reporting by Jeffrey H. Birnbaum and Karen Tumulty/Washington and John F. Dickerson/Manchester
...Jesse Birnbaum. Reported by James Carney/Washington and Lisa H. Towle/Raleigh