Word: reformation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...long as special interests dominate campaigns, they will dominate legislation as well," McCain said, pointing to the difficulty legislators have encountered when trying to reform programs like Social Security and Medicare where donors' interests are at stake. "Until we abolish soft money, Americans will never have a government that works as hard for them as it does for the special interests...
McCain is not the only presidential hopeful making campaign finance reform an issue in the primaries, though he is the only Republican who has made the issue so central to his campaign...
Both Democratic presidential candidates, Gore and former New Jersey senator Bill Bradley, support campaign finance reform. But Bradley, the underdog in the Democratic race, has been the more vocal proponent of reform...
...need a president to put it on the top of his list," Bradley said in an April speech to Dartmouth students, calling campaign finance reform an issue of "paramount importance...
Bradley is also rejecting contributions from political action committees (PACs) during his campaign, saying taking contributions he would try to ban would diminish his ability to lead on campus finance reform...