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Rick Allen: “Last February, freshmen Democrats and freshmen Republicans agreed to create a task force on campaign finance reform. We…”

On the recordMay 22, 1998
Last February, freshmen Democrats and freshmen Republicans agreed to create a task force on campaign finance reform. We were all veterans of targeted races in 1996. We saw firsthand the explosion of soft money in issue advocacy. We know that if soft money can be used for TV ads, and it can, the existing law on contribution limits has become a sham. The gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Hutchinson) and I cochaired that task force of six Democrats and six Republicans. H.R. 2183, the base bill for this debate, is the product of our freshman task force. It is substantial reform, it is bipartisan reform, and it ought to be passed.
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Rick Allen
Republican · Georgia
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Discussing campaign finance reform and the creation of a bipartisan task force.

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