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Some local political leaders have also stopped by Mass. Hall to express their support. Mass. State Rep. Jarrett T. Barrios '90 brought protesters breakfast Saturday morning and chatted with those inside the building...
...political issue has been heated at the national level. Rep. Barney Frank `61 (D-Mass.) has introduced a bill to Congress aimed at repealing the provision, which currently has 29 co-sponsors...
...fliers have an extended holiday in the East. They will be able to have their fancy graphics and chirons; their running heds, like MSNBC's "U.S-China Showdown," or Fox's "U.S.-China STANDOFF' (yes, it's all-caps); their hot-headed guests, like Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (who called the fliers "hostages held by a hostile power" - nice alliteration, Dana!), and opportunities for young and pretty anchors to become sage Ted Koppels. They've already started using the obligatory crisis theme music...
...effort to address these concerns, supporters of the Clean Elections law have proposed a compromise to fix all three problems. Rep. Jay Kaufman (D-Lexington), among others, has proposed increasing the amount of money needed to receive state funds to $4,500. The compromise would also allow legislators to spend more money on constituent services in non-election years, and it would prevent unopposed candidates from receiving any public money...
...challenges to the bill will come both from the left and the right. House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) has said he will “try anything I can” to prevent the bill’s passage, and our own Rep. Martin Meehan (D-Mass.), who has sponsored the House version in the past, has expressed strong reservations about raising individual spending limits. We are confident that the members who passed this bill in the last Congress despite the parliamentary machinations of the Republican leadership would be able to do so again. But we are highly...