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John Kerry: with respect to the campaign finance reform bill the leader mentions, it is clear, is it not, that bill ultimately…

On the recordSeptember 1, 1998
with respect to the campaign finance reform bill the leader mentions, it is clear, is it not, that bill ultimately passed after the repeated efforts of the membership of the House to make it clear that they would not accept leadership efforts to stop it? In other words, there were repeated efforts by the leadership, the Speaker of the House, to sidetrack campaign finance reform. But, for one of those rare instances where it happens, the popular will, the will of the American people to have the vote on campaign finance reform and to put into effect a reform that for years people have known we need--that won in the House of Representatives. Is that not correct?
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John Kerry
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the passage of the campaign finance reform bill in the House of Representatives.

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