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David Thomas: “Yes. In our bill we take that money which can now be spent, the money which national parties can now spend in mixed…”

On the recordJuly 25, 1996
Yes. In our bill we take that money which can now be spent, the money which national parties can now spend in mixed activity in which they can utilize all soft money, and say, any time the national party is involved with Federal candidates, it must be so- called hard money, you cannot use soft money. That is a change.
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David Thomas
New York

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Discussing campaign finance reform and the use of soft and hard money by national parties.

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