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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (132786)	3/22/2001 10:26:20 AM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (1) of 769667

This shows what a fraud McCain-Feingold is: ...Constitutional concerns were at the heart of the Senate's rejection, 75-24, of the proposal to bar donations from lobbyists as well as their employers while Congress was in session. ``If you want to move money out of politics, nothing will do that more than this,'' said Sen. Gordon Smith (news - bio - voting record), R-Ore. ``It is not pleasant to oppose this amendment,'' said Sen. Russ Feingold (news - bio - voting record), D-Wis., McCain's partner in the long effort to overhaul the nation's campaign finance system. But he and other supporters of the bill said they were concerned the provision placed an unconstitutional restriction on the rights of some individuals to participate in campaigns... dailynews.yahoo.com To quote George Will: ...There are interesting limits to McCain's enthusiasm for limits. His bill does not include something President Bush proposes -- a ban on lobbyists making contributions to legislators while the legislature is in session. Such a limit would abridge the freedom of incumbents. Campaign finance reform is about abridging the freedom of everyone but incumbents -- and their media megaphones. washingtonpost.com Gee, Texas did just that under Bush. But McCain's incumbent protection act - which most concede contains unConstitutional limits - doesn't include it because of "Constitutional" concerns? That's a joke.

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