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With the bill he is co-sponsoring with Senator Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) scheduled to go to the Senate floor today, McCain argued the need for reform to a crowd of at least 800 college and graduate students, Kennedy fellows, and guests...
Among those in attendance were Massachusetts Senator John F. Kerry, a Democratic supporter of the McCain Feingold bill, and W. Mitt Romney, who challenged Democratic Senator Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56 of Massachusetts in Kennedy's 1996 re-election...
...bill is both explicit and vague; that is, it calls for a ban on soft money and leaves the rest to judicial interpretation. And whether or not money is removed as the "dominant force," from campaigns, as the bill's co-sponsor Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) enthusiastically wrote in 1995, will remain to be seen...
...expressly advocate" a particular candidate. That's one reason why AFL-CIO president John Sweeney had no problem last week calling for a ban on soft money. Most of the union cash in the last election went for issues ads, which a soft-money ban won't reach. McCain-Feingold may try to restrict those within the last month or two of a campaign, but any such limits would be sure to face a Supreme Court challenge...
...long as McCain-Feingold is alive and kicking, a White House strategy group led by senior adviser Rahm Emanuel is brainstorming ways to push it along. That leaves Clinton free to pursue other presidential duties, like raising money to help pay off the $15 million debt his party still faces from the last election. Last week he picked up $850,000 at fund raisers in Pittsburgh, Pa., and Houston. The Republicans, better provided for under the present system, owe $4 million...