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Bill Clinton: “I am writing to you, pursuant to 11 CFR Part 200, to request that you take action under your existing statutory…”

On the recordJune 3, 1997
I am writing to you, pursuant to 11 CFR Part 200, to request that you take action under your existing statutory authority to ban 'soft money' and end the system under which both political parties compete to raise unlimited sums from individuals, labor unions, and corporations.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Letter to the Federal Election Commission Requesting Action To End the Soft Money System in Domestic Politics

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