[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 112 (Friday, July 26, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H8560-H8561]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              COMMISSION NEEDED ON CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM

  (Mrs. MALONEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, we have another session of Congress and 
another failed effort at campaign finance reform.
  The more things change, the more they stay the same. We could shrug 
our shoulders and give up or we could put our shoulders to the wheel 
and work on the only viable option left for this Congress, a 
comprehensive commission on campaign finance reform.
  I have introduced a bipartisan bill to do just that. It is modeled 
after Congressman Armey's Military Base Closing Commission. The 
Commission

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would consider all relevant aspects of campaign finance reform and 
present a comprehensive bill for an up-or-down vote on the floor.
  President Clinton, Speaker Gingrich and Senator Dole all have 
publicly endorsed the concept. Let us take advantage of this rare 
consensus. Mr. Speaker, it is either an independent commission or more 
of the same.

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