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Russ Feingold: “The one suggested that any third grader would know that the PAC ban, with a backup provision, is unconstitutional. I am…”

On the recordJune 25, 1996
The one suggested that any third grader would know that the PAC ban, with a backup provision, is unconstitutional. I am sorry, but I will say one thing about that. The Senator from Kentucky and the Senator from Washington voted for precisely that proposal 3 years ago under the Pressler amendment. So, apparently, at that time they did not understand, apparently, what any third grader would understand, which is that this in fact is constitutional, because it provides that, if the PAC ban is found unconstitutional, there is a backup provision. So that entire analysis disregards their own voting record and their own past position, which is that that is constitutional.
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Russ Feingold
Democratic · Wisconsin

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Discussing the constitutionality of the PAC ban during Senate floor debate.

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