Word: towards
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...McCain-Feingold campaign finance legislation defeated in the Senate last week would not have helped Dole. That bill aims to ban soft money, unlimited donations to political parties. But it would have been a good first step toward cleaning up our electoral system. If Sens. John S. McCain (R-Ariz.) and Russell D. Feingold (D-Wisc.) can somehow overcome a GOP filibuster next time the bill is introduced, the next step should be to consider public financing of federal elections and primaries...
...Looking toward the future, Rubenstein said the city will try be aggressive in its actions, keeping affordable housing to 15 percent of the city's total and making more middle-income residents eligible for affordable housing...
...calls for better family benefits to Al Gore's environmentalism to John McCain's push for campaign finance reform - all seen as pro-labor issues. The move also comes right after the endorsement of Gore by America's largest labor group, the AFL-CIO, which also pledged $40 million toward federal campaigns, primarily to Democrats...
...POPULI What will Bill Clinton do when he's out of office? Maybe he'll tool around Voxcap.com The new website is a wonk's dream. Not only is it a forum for policy discussion on national issues, it also points you toward activist organizations like the Sierra Club and helps you send letters to your local newspaper or Representative right from the site. So far, discussions have been low volume, but perhaps they'll heat up soon with posts like "Ex-Prez...
...already defensive drug industry and reignite the debate over possible Medicare drug price controls. In addition to his probe into drug costs, the President wants to make prescription coverage part of Medicare, and pharmaceutical companies, fearing for their profit margins, are resisting what they see as an inexorable push toward federal price controls. A consortium of pharmaceutical companies recently launched a bitter ad campaign attacking the President?s plan, calling it "big government in our medicine cabinets...