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...McCain-Feingold bill is a necessary antidote to the excessive power of money in politics. An unparalleled opportunity now exists for its passage. Congress should not allow this opportunity to go to waste...
...deciding the leadership, setting committee assignments and preparing for the session to come. This year, however, Congress has more important business to pursue. The next 15 days offer a unique chance for Congress to curtail the powerful voices of the special interests in politics and to pass the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill...
...laws do not apply to the $451 million in soft money paid to political parties this election season. The sheer scale of the unregulated donations belies the American commitment to government of, by and for the people. The proposal sponsored by Senators John S. McCain (R-Ariz.) and Russell Feingold (D-Calif.) would prevent the parties from collecting and spending on behalf of their candidates the billions in soft money that would be illegal for candidates to collect and spend themselves. The American people have repeatedly called for an end to money's chokehold on the political process, and bipartisan...
Unfortunately, despite these majorities in Congress, the bill still has not yet been presented for the president's signature. In the House, a Republican leadership under the sway of special interests such as gun owners and social conservatives--interests that fear their chokehold will be loosened if the McCain-Feingold bill passes--struggled mightily to keep the bill off the calendar. In the Senate, where 60 votes are needed to break a filibuster, the bill has been blocked by a diehard group of Republicans opposed to reform...
...breaking vote of Vice President Al Gore '69 means the Democrats control the chamber--and its calendar. Although Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) has expressed discomfort with advancing a full legislative agenda during these next two weeks, he should feel no qualms in bringing the McCain-Feingold bill to the floor so that the Senate would be forced to consider the measure in open debate. McCain believes he has the 60 votes to pass the measure over the Republican filibuster; in any case, we feel that those undecided Republican senators whose votes will be crucial would...