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...Senate, McCain was one of few Republicans to support reform legislation. Last February, the McCain-Feingold campaign reform bill failed after supporters fell nine votes short of the 60 votes need to end a Republican-led filibuster...
Last September, after the House passed a similar piece of campaign finance reform legislation, the Shays-Meehan bill, McCain, along with Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) tried again to pass their legislation. For a second time, the bill failed, by a vote of 52-48, 8 votes short breaking the filibuster led by Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss...
...spite of opposition to campaign finance from many leading Republicans politicians, the Public Campaign poll showed that 75 percent of the voters in New Hampshire supported the McCain-Feingold legislation and opposition to the bill among voters in states surveyed did not rise above 20 percent...
...some campaign finance reform supporters say that ultimately, it will take more extensive legislation than the likes of the McCain-Feingold bill to make a substantial difference in the way elections...
...Senate, McCain was one of few Republicans to support reform legislation. Last February, the McCain-Feingold campaign reform bill failed after supporters fell nine votes short of the 60 votes need to end a Republican-led filibuster...