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In the 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...
In the 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.
Kamath mentions in the article that the campaign finance legislation died in subcommittee. Not true. The Shays-Meehan bill actually passed in the House by a hefty margin (close to 100 votes, if I remember correctly), but the Senate's concomitant legislation couldn't muster the 60 votes to beat...
Kamath mentions in the article that the campaign finance legislation died in subcommittee. Not true. The Shays-Meeham bill actually passed in the House by a hefty margin (close to 100 votes, if I remember correctly), but the Senate's concomitant legislation couldn't muster the 60 votes to beat...