#campaign finance

The reason that minorities and women don't have a better shot at getting elected to the Senate or to statewide office is because the campaign finance rules are so skewed as to make it very difficult for non-traditional candidates to raise the money necessary to get elected. ↗

— Carol Moseley Braun

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In fact, corporate and union moneys go overwhelmingly to incumbents, so limiting that money, as Congress did in the campaign finance law, may be the single most self-denying thing that Congress has ever done. ↗

— Elena Kagan

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Unfortunately, money in politics is an insidious thing - and a loophole in our campaign finance system was taken advantage of with money going to existing or new 527 groups with the sole purpose of influencing the election. ↗

— Olympia Snowe

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The number one lobby that opposes campaign finance reform in the United States is the National Association of Broadcasters. ↗

— Robert McChesney

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It starts with campaign finance reform. ↗

— Zack Space

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What distinguishes the campaign finance issue from just about every other one being debated these days is that the two sides do not divide along conventional liberal/ conservative lines. ↗

— James L. Buckley

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We need real campaign finance reform to loosen the grip of special interests on politics. ↗

— Tom Daschle

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Let's not overlook, though, what we do know about the campaign finance scandal, and the fact the Chinese were involved in our presidential campaign and our congressional campaigns. ↗

— Fred Thompson

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But having said that, what's happening with campaign finance reform and our political culture is devastating. ↗

— Robert McChesney

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I certainly want campaign finance reform. I just wish this would do it in a way that would stand up to a constitutional challenge. ↗

— Ben Nelson

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