[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 97 (Friday, July 22, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
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[Congressional Record: July 22, 1994]
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             CONGRESS SHOULD LOWER PAC CONTRIBUTION LIMITS

  (Mr. MEEHAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Speaker, last month Massachusetts passed a campaign 
finance law that limits gubernatorial candidates to $150,000 a year in 
PAC money, with no more than $500 from any single PAC. If Massachusetts 
can agree to these limits, candidates for Congress could certainly run 
robust campaigns with an overall PAC limit of no more than $200,000--as 
provided in the House bill--and a single-PAC limit of $1,000.
  Reducing the size of each PAC contribution would be healthy for the 
political process, not to mention extremely helpful in getting a 
campaign finance bill passed into law. President Clinton campaigned on 
a specific promise to lower the PAC limit, and Congress ought to follow 
through by helping him live up to that pledge.
  The Massachusetts bill applies to races for Governor in a State with 
almost 6 million people and five major media markets. Candidates for 
Congress typically face a far less daunting challenge in communicating 
with voters.

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