Bill Clinton actually said...

I applaud the Federal Election Commission's unanimous decision to begin to consider my request that they act to ban soft money in Federal elections.

Statement on the Federal Election Commission Decision To Consider Action on the Soft Money System in Domestic Politics

06/11/1997

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