Thomas Ewing said "Mr. Chairman, let me try to clear away some of this smoky rhetoric that has been put out here to mask the problem here. This bill is an intricate interlocked bill that affects the Democratic Party and the Republican Party, and the part that affects the Republican Party is soft money and that will be constitutional; and the part that affects the Democratic Party is the issue advocacy and that will be unconstitutional. When we are done, we will have an unfair bill that does not treat both parties fairly and the gentleman knows it and I know it and that is why we should adopt this amendment." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordSeptember 14, 1999

Mr. Chairman, let me try to clear away some of this smoky rhetoric that has been put out here to mask the problem here. This bill is an intricate interlocked bill that affects the Democratic Party and the Republican Party, and the part that affects the Republican Party is soft money and that will be constitutional; and the part that affects the Democratic Party is the issue advocacy and that will be unconstitutional. When we are done, we will have an unfair bill that does not treat both parties fairly and the gentleman knows it and I know it and that is why we should adopt this amendment.

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Thomas Ewing

Republican · Illinois

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govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Debating the fairness of a bill affecting campaign finance during a committee meeting.

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