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CLINTON/GORE ON CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM
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American politics is held hostage by big money
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interests. Members of Congress now collect more
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than $2.5 million in campaign funds every week
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while Political Action Committees, industry
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lobbies, and cliques of $100,000 donors buy access
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to Congress and the White House.
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George Bush recently vetoed the 1992 Campaign
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Finance Reform Bill in order to protect the special
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interest that support him. American pay for this
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system in decreased environmental and worker safety
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regulations, increased health care costs, and
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weakened consumer regulations.
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Bill Clinton and Al Gore believe it's long past
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time to clean up Washington. As part of their plan
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to fight the cynicism that is gripping the American
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people, Bill Clinton and Al gore will support and
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sign strong campaign finance reform legislation to
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bring down the cost of campaigning and encourage
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real competition.
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We can't go four more years without a plan to take
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away power form the entrenched bureaucracies and
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special interests that dominate Washington.
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The Clinton/Gore Plan
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* Place voluntary spending caps on House and
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Senate Races, depending on a state's
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population. These caps will level the playing
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field and encourage challengers to enter the
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race.
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* Limit political action committee (PAC)
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contributions to the $1000 legal limit for
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individuals.
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* Reduce the cost to television air time to
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promote real discussion and turn TV into an
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instrument of education, not a weapon of
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political assassination.
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* Eliminate tax deductions for special interest
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lobbying expenses and the "lawyer' loophole,"
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which allows lawyer-lobbyists to disguise
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lobbying activities on behalf of foreign
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governments and powerful corporations.
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* Require lobbyists who appear before
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Congressional committees to disclose the
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campaign contributions they've made to members
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of those committees. The public has a right
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to know when moneyed interests are trying
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influence elected officials in Washington.
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* End the unlimited "soft" money contributions
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that are funneled through national, state, and
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local parties to Presidential candidates.
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The Record
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* In the face of legislative resistance and
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powerful opposition form special interests,
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Governor Clinton spearheaded a successful
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citizen's initiative to adopt an Ethics and
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Lobbyist Disclosure Act which requires
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professional lobbyists to disclose the amount
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of money they spend to influence public
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officials, and public officials to disclose
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information about their income and financial
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holdings.
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* Senator Gore voted for the Senate Elections
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Ethics Act which establishes spending limits
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on Senate campaigns, prohibits Federal office
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holders and candidates from raising "soft
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money," eliminates "leadership PACs," and
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encourages cleaner campaigns.
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