James Moran said "first of all, I take great exception to the majority leader's words that we think that he is a total idiot. Not only is the gentleman very clever, but his amendment is very clever. It is not the words that are the problem, it is the intent. In fact, only 8 cents out of every soft-money dollar spent in the 2000 campaign cycle spent by the parties went to voter education, phone banks, voter registration, get-out-the-vote, traditional party-building activities. The problem is the intent. If this passes, it will go to conference, and it will be killed in conference." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordFebruary 13, 2002

first of all, I take great exception to the majority leader's words that we think that he is a total idiot. Not only is the gentleman very clever, but his amendment is very clever. It is not the words that are the problem, it is the intent. In fact, only 8 cents out of every soft-money dollar spent in the 2000 campaign cycle spent by the parties went to voter education, phone banks, voter registration, get-out-the-vote, traditional party-building activities. The problem is the intent. If this passes, it will go to conference, and it will be killed in conference.

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James Moran

Virginia

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Editor's note · Context

Addressing concerns about campaign finance reform and the intent behind proposed amendments.

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