Word: provisionally
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And McCain fared even better with the third part of the Hagel bill, which was the most significant, at least in terms of principle. Senators voted to "table" Hagel's soft-money limits 60-40, essentially killing the provision. And suddenly the future of campaign finance reform looked almost bright...
But by week's end, there were indications that McCain-Feingold could actually pass in a recognizable form. Even the staunchest opponents seemed to have softened their opposition to the bill's central provision, a ban on the unregulated "soft money" that has flooded the political system over the past...
The fate of the measure seems to be riding on whether and by how much to raise the hard-money limits. Hagel, whose alternative bill limiting but not banning soft money has the quiet support of the White House, told TIME he is ready to offer his measure if no...
Stephen E. Sachs '02 claims that "it is understandable that many gays might find questions about the morality of homosexuality upsetting." It is not the prospect of debate which upsets me, but rather Sachs' provision of the following statement as evidence of the reasonable nature of his aversion toward homosexuality...
When the Oslo peace process began in 1993, a cautious Yitzchak Rabin insisted that any exchange of territory for intangible promises of peace must include a provision calling for Palestinian leaders to cease from engaging in "hostile propaganda" against Jews and Israel. Toning down the rhetoric of hate was a...