Word: restrictions
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...petition aims to produce more affordable housing, restrict new development and reduce traffic in the city by reforming specific zoning guidelines for Cambridge's neighborhoods...
...Instead, it would be prudent for campaign finance reform advocates to capitalize upon the anger generated by this latest example of the corruptibility of the government. The McCain-Feingold bill, which would ban soft money and restrict political action committee activity, now has 60 Senate votes and will soon hit the floor. Passing this bill will begin the attack against one facet of a political system with enough loopholes to make the "favor for access" exchange legal. We can only hope that President George W. Bush, in the spirit of such reform, will refrain from pardoning for political or monetary...
...glimpse of that Cheney two weeks ago, when he arrived at the White House for what he thought would be a private meeting with the President to discuss campaign-finance reform. Cheney was there too. And though Bush suggested he was open-minded about McCain's proposal to restrict campaign funding, Cheney made it clear he wasn't. McCain left the meeting wondering whose position would carry...
...studio analyst, he's submitting himself to humiliating weekly weigh-ins in a bid to get back in shape. "I don't drink anymore," he says, over the phone. "Well, I only drink two days a week, and I restrict myself to a six-pack." Somehow, Barkley has dropped 13 lbs., though his proud testimonial is drowned out by chewing noises. "I'm eating cantaloupe." With prosciutto? "Shut up!" O.K., then...
...heavily-regulated campaign finance regime. Donations to parties will be limited, but those to independent organizations--e.g., the notorious "Republicans for Clean Air"--will not. The Supreme Court has protected their spending as free speech, and rightfully so. By allowing the government to regulate political speech, we necessarily restrict the voices that will be heard and run the risk of further strengthening incumbent politicians...