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The White House says it switched largely because House Ways and Means Committee chairman Bill Archer agreed to drop a provision that would have allowed the outside panel to hire or dismiss the IRS commissioner, a power that now rests with the President. But that's a compromise Archer offered...
Clinton also knew that whatever proposal he made would not only have to pass muster in Kyoto but would also have to please a hostile Congress. The lawmakers have already made his life hard enough on this issue. Last summer the Senate passed a unanimous resolution demanding that any climate...
A third provision of McCain-Feingold bill would limit spending by independent groups on advertising that mentions candidates for federal office. Such advertising, whether conducted by the Christian Coalition or the AFL-CIO, would be closely restricted during the 60-day period leading up to elections.
Another provision, popular with Republicans, would require labor unions to inform their members that they can receive refunds for the porportion of their dues used to make campaign contributions.
But arguments against the constitionality of such a ban are unfounded, according to Marvin Kalb, director of Harvard's Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy. The provision wouldn't stop people from contributing to political parties or campaings, he said.