Word: feingolds
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...only the beginning. If McCain-Feingold passes, it's on to the House, where Shays-Meehan, McCain-Feingold's long-standing shadow in the lower chamber, has passed by comfortable margins for years. But with Bush deferring the villain's role to Congress, if the reliable Senate backstop falls, DeLay is vowing to step into the Mitch McConnell role and do whatever it takes to stop the House from meeting McCain halfway. Shame, after years of high-pitched support, may keep Senate Democrats in line, but the wider (and more anonymous) bipartisan coalition that backs the ban in the House...
...Frist amendment had been tabled, though the issue probably hadn't gone away, and senators took some time to remember a fallen ex-colleague. McConnell whipped out a chart that demonstrated how bad the brave new McCain Feingold world was going to be for Democrats. And then more amendments started coming; the final vote seemed far away...
...Week Two, Day Three of the Senate debate on campaign finance reform, McCain-Feingold got on a roll...
...Week Two, Day Two of the Senate debate on campaign finance reform, McCain-Feingold met the enemy...
...forces went two for three. Senators OK'd the full-disclosure requirements (which is the one part of campaign finance reform acceptable to hard-line opponents like Mitch McConnell and is not deemed a poison pill by McCain) and voted down the first two, leading supporters of the McCain-Feingold bill to cautiously claim a victory...