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Sam Farr: we have received 362 letters in favor of limiting campaign finance in congressional campaigns. We have received two to…

On the recordJuly 17, 1996
we have received 362 letters in favor of limiting campaign finance in congressional campaigns. We have received two to suggest we ought to spend more money, or are opposed to the limits. It is running over 150 to 1 in favor of exactly what we are doing. I presume your mail is in the same category, so what boggles my mind is how do you come up with a bill they have come up with that goes just opposite, that blows all the lids, takes all the limits off current law and says just more money, more expensive campaigns, money buys influence, let us get more of it?
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Sam Farr
Democratic · California

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Discussing public support for limiting campaign finance during a debate.

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