Word: specialize
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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...
...Soft money is one of the biggest loopholes that special interests have to get money to campaigns," said Eric Schmeltzer, communications associate at Public Campaign, a not-for-profit organization advocating campaign finance reform. "It is one of the biggest sources of buying influence and access to elected officials...
...cited the tax system as an example of the direct influence special interests can gain through contributions...
...sake of soft money we have put tax loopholes for special interests ahead of tax relief for working families, and we have made the tax code a bewildering 44,000 page catalogue of favors for a privileged few and a chamber of horrors for the rest of America," he said...
...McCain and Bradley can effectively explain how they think campaign finance reform will change politics, it may win him support among voters disenchanted with the influence of special interests inside the beltway...