[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 35 (Wednesday, March 25, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H1452]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              DEMOCRATS OFFER REAL CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM

  (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, the Republican leadership has scheduled a 
sham campaign finance reform bill for consideration this week. The 
Republican bill would not achieve reform even if it passed. But the 
Republicans have include a poison pill, an antilabor provision, just to 
make sure that the bill does not pass.
  The GOP campaign finance charade would allow wealthy individuals to 
contribute more money. It would make it more difficult for workers to 
organize and for the National Labor Relations Board to stop employers 
from violating labor laws.
  Democrats, on the other hand, will offer a substitute bill, 
essentially the McCain-Feingold legislation that includes real reform, 
including a ban on soft money. Democrats offer real reform that gives 
average working families an equal voice in the political system and 
limits the influence of wealthy special interests in our political 
process.

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