This would give the Congress an opportunity to level the playing field, to eliminate the millionaire's loophole, put everybody on the same footing, so that the meat cutter and coal miner and taxicab driver, and anybody else in American society who can go out and get a lot of support from a lot of people could still raise the money, use the television, get into the race, and build a contest.
McConnell's 1987 amendment aimed to create equal funding opportunities in political campaigns.
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