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Bill Bennett: “That is not the only effect. If I can repeat once again, this bill, in light of the Snowe-Jeffords amendment, would…”

On the recordSeptember 9, 1998
That is not the only effect. If I can repeat once again, this bill, in light of the Snowe-Jeffords amendment, would hasten the day when people would abandon candidates and abandon parties and give their money directly to special interest groups, as Mr. Hiatt has voluntarily decided to do in this situation, and I think that would be tremendously deleterious to the cause of worthwhile political discourse in this country. I pause at this example. Let us suppose that in the State of Utah the Sierra Club were to decide that their No. 1 goal was to drain Lake Powell. Indeed, they have announced many places that that is soon to be their No. 1 goal.
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Discussing the implications of a bill related to campaign finance and special interest groups.

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