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- Freedom under seige. Blankley, Tony // Caribbean Business;3/15/2001, Vol. 29 Issue 11, p22
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- With public pressure, reform will succeed. McBride, Ann // Common Cause Magazine;Fall95, Vol. 21 Issue 3, p30
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- The Reality Behind Reform. // American Prospect;11/18/2002, Vol. 13 Issue 21, p8
Reports on the legal challenges of the McCain-Feingold bill on campaign-finance reform which takes effect on November 6, 2002 in the U.S. Claims of the National Voting Rights Institute on the bill; Opinion of U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on the soft money ban proposed in the bill;...
- A Beltway Bungee Jump. Alter, Jonathan // Newsweek (Pacific Edition);04/09/2001 (Pacific Edition), Vol. 137 Issue 15, p28
Focuses on campaign-finance reform legislation proposed by United States Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.). Issue of a ban on so-called soft money contributions; Obstacles to the bill's passage, including the opposition of Representative Tom Delay (R-Tex.); How McCain...
- A Beltway Bungee Jump. Alter, Jonathan // Newsweek;4/9/2001, Vol. 137 Issue 15, p30
Focuses on campaign-finance reform legislation proposed by United States Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.). Issue of a ban on so-called soft money contributions; Obstacles to the bill's passage, including the opposition of Representative Tom Delay (R-Tex.); How McCain...
- Reform that doesn't take a bite out of TV time. Albiniak, Paige // Broadcasting & Cable;09/08/97, Vol. 127 Issue 37, p22
Reports on Senator Arlen Specter's opposition to the campaign finance reform bill proposed by Senators John McCain, Russell Feingold and Fred Thompson which will mandate free television airtime to political candidates if passed. Specter's claim that the bill is unconstitutional; Specter's plan...
