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...interest groups run during campaigns to help their favorite candidates. And the 38-member Congressional Black Caucus is divided on doing away with soft money, which it wants for turning out African-American voters. "The bill goes too far in reducing the role of national parties," complains Representative Albert Wynn, who chairs the black caucus' task force on campaign reform...
Smelling blood, House Speaker Dennis Hastert is rallying opponents around a rival measure introduced by G.O.P. Representative Robert Ney, which caps soft-money donations to national parties at $75,000. Ney has already succeeded in peeling off Wynn, along with about half a dozen G.O.P. Representatives who supported the Shays-Meehan bill in the past...
...however, may be saved by North Carolina's other senator, Democrat John Edwards. Edwards opposes Boyle, but he's holding off blocking the nomination if he can get the White House to nominate another North Carolinian to the 4th Circuit. Edwards' favorite is state Appeals Court Judge James A. Wynn, an African-American whom Helms has blocked in the past...
...Carolinas. North Carolina's other Senator, Democrat JOHN EDWARDS, opposes Boyle, but Edwards is holding off blocking the nomination to see if he can strike a deal with the White House. Edwards wants Bush to appoint another North Carolinian to the Fourth Circuit, state appeals court Judge JAMES A. WYNN, an African American whom Helms has blocked in the past. If they agree to a trade, Bush and Edwards will have to overcome one other hurdle: Helms. He's told North Carolina reporters that he isn't interested in a deal. Sounds like the same old Washington...
...sampling of contributions reported to the Federal Election Commission. In 1996, Sheldon Adelson, whose Las Vegas Sands Inc. owns the new Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino on the Las Vegas Strip, contributed $100,000 to the Republican National State Election Committee and $105,000 to the Democratic National Committee. Steve Wynn's Mirage Resorts donated $226,500 to the Republican National Committee that same year. Wynn, who came late to bipartisan giving, would discover the Democrats a little later...