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Christopher Shays: “I urge support for the Meehan-Shays substitute. We hope to pass this bill to ban soft money, to recognize the sham issue…”

On the recordJune 18, 1998
I urge support for the Meehan-Shays substitute. We hope to pass this bill to ban soft money, to recognize the sham issue ads that truly campaign ads, to codify the 'Beck' decision to improve FEC disclosure enforcement, to deal with the franking problem, and to provide that foreign money and fund-raising on government property is illegal.
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Christopher Shays
Connecticut

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Discussing support for campaign finance reform legislation.

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