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Russ Feingold: That is exactly the point. To continue, is that not a reason that a majority of this body, as expressed in the…

On the recordSeptember 9, 1998
That is exactly the point. To continue, is that not a reason that a majority of this body, as expressed in the Snowe-Jeffords amendment, believes that this is a very simple and logical extension on the ban of corporate and union campaigning by saying that a corporation and union cannot directly fund issue ads that directly mention a candidate's name in the last 60 days? Is that not simply an extension of, in effect, what has always been the law?
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Russ Feingold
Democratic · Wisconsin

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Discussing the Snowe-Jeffords amendment related to campaign finance reform.

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