[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 44 (Monday, November 3, 1997)]
[Page 1687]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Statement on Campaign Finance Reform

October 30, 1997

    I am very pleased that the Senate has agreed to schedule a vote on 
campaign finance reform. This will pave the way for the first up-or-down 
vote ever on the McCain-Feingold bill. At long last, we have an 
opportunity to give the American people the kind of elections they 
deserve. I want to commend the entire Democratic caucus and a few brave 
Republicans, whose steadfastness has now produced the first real 
opportunity to enact campaign finance reform.