Word: reformer
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...system best. Many of them, rich from large campaign war-chests and PAC money, staunchly refuse to change it. Among these is hawkish Sen. Mitch McConnel (R-KY), head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. As the dispenser of funds for Republican candidates across the country, the anti-reform McConnell took money away from Republicans who supported McCain-Feingold, like Washingtonian Linda Smith (who lost her Senate race), and gave them to candidates who could take down his political enemies. Private Enemy No. 1 for McConnell is--you guessed it--Russell Feingold. Neumann's campaign, funded by McConnell's committee...
...week's race so important. Feingold and McCain have tirelessly worked to spread the message, saying, "We can change the system, if you help us." And they have. Earlier last year two House members, Christopher Shays (R-Conn.) and Martin Meehan (D-Mass.), brought up their own campaign-finance reform bill. While many members of Congress dismissed the legislation, everyone was watching as the bill made its way to the House floor. It passed...
There are those who still believe, though, and they are making their voice heard. Again this week, before a new Congress, a campaign finance reform bill will be introduced on the floor. It is the duty of House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-III.), a moderate who is known for building compromises, to try his darndest to pass the bill. Because the people are speaking, the wheels are turning, and soon the Democratic junior senator Washington insiders ignored for so long as an "upstart" may come back to haunt them. Way to go, Russell. Vasant M. Kamath '02, a Crimson editor...
Soft money contributions are "making a mockery of the principle of one man, one vote," Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wisc.), told a crowd of over 100 last night in a speech urging campaign finance reform...
Speaking at the Kennedy School of Government's ARCO Forum, Feingold spelled out what he saw as the problem in campaign financing and outlined his current bill that proposes campaign finance reform, which he is sponsored with John McCain (R-Ariz...