On the recordFebruary 13, 2002
Now eliminating soft money, which is what this amendment does, is a poison pill. We have really evolved. Somebody said this bill has barely changed. It is not the same species. I cannot believe that we are talking about doing something good with the elimination of the soft money, it now becomes a poison pill; but back-room deals can be cut all the time to evolve this bill. We bring up good amendments and all of the sudden they are just not good enough. In defense, somebody said tonight it can only be used for good purposes. It is still influence-peddling when someone is going to throw that money around. From our point of view, this is what my colleagues have said hundreds of times about this type of soft money. 501(c)(3) too is also in here, the 501(c)(3)s, and there is a building fund. This is so full of soft money, and my colleagues know it. This is a good amendment, makes a good correction. I urge support of the amendment.
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