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John Doolittle: “I just have some comments on the Shays- Meehan bill. This thing just died of the weight of opposition against it. I just…”

On the recordJuly 12, 2001
I just have some comments on the Shays- Meehan bill. This thing just died of the weight of opposition against it. I just want to read from a list of both conservative and liberal groups who oppose this legislation. In fact, you could get a positive rating from both the NARL, the National Abortion Rights League, and from the National Right to Life Committee by voting against this terrible bill. And then you can also get the same positive rating from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and from the AFL-CIO. I would just like to read into the record all these groups, 81 groups, from information obtained from the Committee on House Administration, all the groups who are opposed to the big government's campaign regulation bill, known as Shays-Meehan.
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John Doolittle
Republican · California

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Discussing opposition to the Shays-Meehan campaign regulation bill.

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