[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 130 (Thursday, September 25, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H7835-H7836]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   ACT NOW ON CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM

  (Mr. DOGGETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)

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  Mr. DOGGETT. Madam Speaker, with daily speeches, repeated requests 
for recorded votes, motions to adjourn, and objections, we are 
attempting to convince the Republican leadership that it is less 
trouble to schedule a vote on campaign finance reform than to not 
schedule one. With a motion to adjourn, we are saying adjourn the 
special interests that corrupt the political process. With a motion to 
approve the Journal, we are saying approve a Journal that reflects real 
campaign finance reform.
  The announcement of the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Armey] yesterday 
that in response to these Democratic procedural moves he would schedule 
something sometime on this issue I suppose is a step forward. It has 
taken 9 months, but we finally appear to have moved the Republican 
leadership from ``definitely no'' to ``maybe sometime on something.''
  House Republicans should now give us a specific time and should work 
out the terms of debate. Only then will we have a true ``yes'' to real 
campaign finance reform. To clean up the campaigns for 1998, we must 
act now.

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