Word: money
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Lastly, proportional representation diminishes the force of big money in elections. In American politics today, pressure groups have arisen to positions of dominant importance that allow them inordinate influence and push our democratic institutions far from our ideals. Proportional representation, however, would enable candidates to be elected with a truly representative portion of the votes, and helping them concentrate on their assured constituency rather than on high-priced swing votes and creating a far more democratic method of selecting our representatives within all facets of elected government...
...squeals with delight. Carrie jumps and gives her a hug. Outside the Mt. Auburn Street post office, they buy a copy of Spare Change. A man holding the door asks for money. Carrie gives him a dollar...
...Money is as money does. A Republican filibuster left campaign finance reform dead in the water for a fourth consecutive year late Tuesday, despite Senator John McCain's no-surrender vow. All 45 Democrats voted against the maneuver by the GOP leadership, but they were joined by only eight Republicans, leaving them seven votes short of the 60 they needed to defeat the filibuster. Although the bill's sponsors - Senators McCain and Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) - had narrowed down the legislation into a ban on the unlimited soft-money contributions that allow corporations to pour millions of dollars into party...
...fund-raiser for Democratic congressional candidates Tuesday night, President Clinton lashed out at the Senate vote as a "victory for the politics of cynicism." But with contributions to the parties for the 2000 election expected to reach $550 million - double the figure for the last election - the smart money is on soft money...
...other disturbances in schools are down by between 20 and 30 percent, figures that reflect a general decline in violence. And then there is the matter of a strong economy; good times tend to infect the national psyche with a pervasive sense of well-being. Nothing like extra pocket money to bring back teenagers? infamous sense of invincibility...