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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (2943)	2/19/2002 3:06:35 PM
From: bonnuss_in_austin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5185

WOW!! Wonderful! Ray: what about the Senate? My local rep is a Democrat (Lloyd Doggett) who voted for the Shays/Meehan bill. So, I need to focus on Senate, correct? How does it work? Should I write all TX senators? THANKS!!!! bia

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (2943)	2/19/2002 3:38:28 PM
From: Mephisto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5185

I have been following the Enron case with astonishment at how far we have gone down the road to ruin by selling the government to immoral criminals like Ken Lay, Andy Fastow and Jeff Skilling. It is appalling. The Washington "Post article on Ralph Reed's hypocrisy says it all. Attempting to sell his mailing lists to Enron for $384,000. washingtonpost.com Reed stated that "In public policy," he wrote, "it matters less who has the best arguments and more who gets heard -- and by whom." I find this to be absolutely disgusting. " From: greg.walden@mail.house.gov wrote: RAY, Thanks for posting Congressman Walden's comments. I phoned my Congresswoman's Washington phone number. I knew she would side with W but if she wants to be re-elected, she may not be if she continues to follow the Bush War Parade, his backtracking on a safer and cleaner environment and his contradictory prattle.

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (2943)	2/19/2002 10:07:52 PM
From: The Duke of URL©	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5185

Ray, Is something wrong here? The last time I checked John McCain was supporting Shays/Meehan as THE legitimate campaign reform bill. So now is McCain lying, or is your congressman Greg Walden lying. Walden is saying that Shays/Meehan is full of holes. Who is telling the truth. I got my information at McCain's website a month ago. Have you checked out the terms of the bill???

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (2943)	2/20/2002 2:59:00 AM
From: The Duke of URL©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5185

Greg says 60 Million still goes to State levels, and THAT's why I voting against it!!! What he doesn't tell you is that this is a substantially reduced compromise, down from 457 Million last time. At first blush, after reading his letter, this guy is a real sleaze, but this is just my preliminary opinion. But he does seem to make Skelling look like Mother Teresa. It looks like that what he is setting up in his "free speech" argument is to immediately file suit to tie up the bill in litigation, if it passes. If this is correct, this guy, Walden is a real crumb-bum. The reason he wrote you the letter in the first place is that he knows that 5 senators who fillibustered campaign reform last time, didn't get re-elected. commoncause.org The McCain-Feingold bill is the companion measure to the Shays-Meehan bill in the House. The most important parts of the bill are the ban on unregulated soft money donations and the crackdown on campaign ads masquerading as “issue ads.” The House has passed the Shays-Meehan bill twice before – each time with broad bipartisan support. Each time, nearly a quarter of all House Republicans joined nearly every Democrat in voting for the bill.