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On the recordAugust 3, 1998
Throughout this debate the opponents of Shays-Meehan have tried to argue that our limitation on soft money is breaking new ground. It is not. I believe it was in 1912 that Congress decided to eliminate corporate and labor union money from going to congressional candidates because that is not government of the people and by the people and for the people. It was government by the special interests. We close that loophole that has allowed that special interest money to go right to the parties and thereby influence congressional elections at the local level. This is a return of the power back to the communities and away from the special interests. Vote for Shays-Meehan.
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James P. Greenwood
Pennsylvania
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Discussing the Shays-Meehan campaign finance reform during a House floor debate.

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