[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 35 (Wednesday, March 25, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H1454]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             THE FIX IS IN

  (Mr. ALLEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Speaker, the fix is in. After the Republicans have 
spent millions of dollars in campaign finance investigations, now the 
Republican leadership has crafted their own campaign finance reform 
bill. It comes to the floor tomorrow. The fix is in. It is not 
bipartisan. It is not reform. It is designed to fail.
  This Republican leadership bill attacks unionized workers, it triples 
what wealthy individuals can give to candidates who are political 
parties in hard money. They say it bans soft money, but they are wrong. 
It does not. It allows the soft money races to go on at the State party 
level. The Freshman Task Force developed a bipartisan bill. It was a 
good bill. The Republican leadership will not let it come to the floor.
  Mr. Speaker, the fix is in. Vote against the Republicans so-called 
campaign reform bill when it comes up tomorrow.

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