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Bill Clinton: Today was not the end of this fight for campaign finance reform but the beginning. The Republican leadership and a…

On the recordOctober 7, 1997
Today was not the end of this fight for campaign finance reform but the beginning. The Republican leadership and a minority of the Senate used procedural maneuvers to block the obvious will of a majority of United States Senators to support bipartisan campaign finance reform legislation. I will fight for this measure as hard as necessary, for as long as necessary. And I call on all Senators to realize that the bipartisan McCain-Feingold measure is our best chance to move forward with reform.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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