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...gratified by the size of the vote," McCain said afterward. After casting the vote on the Frist-Breaux amendment, which would have doomed the heart of the bill if any of its appendages were struck down by the courts, as a simple up-or-down vote on soft money, McCain found he had hung onto all but six Democrats and picked up a handful of Republicans too - thanks in no small part to the ratcheting up in the "hard money" that, in a world without the soft kind, will the GOP's bread and butter...
...daring Snowe-Jeffords supporters who say they've made it constitutionally sound to put their money where their mouth is and taunting Democrats with the prospect of big bad conservative special-interest groups run amok. "We will need the political parties to defend our candidates if Snowe-Jeffords is struck down," McConnell said...
...bill's provision barring unions, corporations and interest groups from running "issue ads" for or against candidates close to Election Day. Opponents of the bill are also expected to try to plant a time bomb called "non-severability," which ensures that if any part of the bill is struck down in court (the issue-ads provision is a likely candidate for rejection on constitutional grounds), the entire bill would fall. Non-severability, says McCain, "is French for 'kill campaign finance reform.'" But proponents of it may find support among Democrats, who fear that if courts start slicing off parts...
...endangerment is that Taco Bell (long known for its interest in space exploration) has created a 40-foot by 40-foot floating target in the Pacific Ocean for Mir to hit -- and has promised a free taco to every man, woman and child in America if the target is struck...
...solid returning pitchers, senior Aleana Sutton and sophomore Eric Durlesser, join Blake again this year. Sutton led the team with a 2.57 ERA last season and Durlesser struck out 36 batters in her freshman year...