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...Thursday, bringing to 10 the number of Republicans who support the reform bill. If all 50 Senate Democrats back it, McCain will have the 60 votes needed to close down the filibuster his G.O.P. colleagues would launch to kill it. Bagging Cochran "shook the earth" for G.O.P. Senators, says Nebraska Republican Senator Chuck Hagel, who has written his own campaign-finance legislation. "We're going to have to deal with campaign-finance reform this year whether the President-elect likes...
...bill with one that Hagel has crafted--a rival measure that conservative Republicans find more palatable. Instead of an outright ban, Hagel's measure would put a cap of $60,000 on the soft-money contributions a business, union, pac or individual could make in any year. The Nebraska Senator says he's having "serious discussions" with Bush aides on fine-tuning the measure so the new President might back it. McCain could also be derailed with a little presidential pressure. Some of the G.O.P. Senators supporting his bill might be persuaded that they don't really want to trip...
Harvard performed well across the board at the meet, in which the upstart program faced the fourth, sixth and eighth-ranked teams in the country in Iowa State, Oklahoma and Nebraska, respectively. Although the Crimson fell to all three opponents, Harvard picked up several substantial individual victories and lost close matches to several ranked opponents...
Harvard lost the dual match against Iowa State 29-7, fell to Oklahoma 27-15, and lost to Nebraska 21-13. However, Volpe feels that the team proved it could compete against the nation's best...
...also had a noteable weekend, losing a close match to No. 7 Matt Acevedo and scoring a 6-5 win againsr Oklahoma's Will Durden in the 133-pound class. Sophomore Max Odom lost close decisions to two of the top-ranked 157-pounders, second-ranked Bryan Snyder of Nebraska and fifth-ranked Cole Sanderson of Iowa State...