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Article: CAMPAIGN FINANCE `HYSTERIA' ENTERS SECOND WEEK JOHN MCCAIN IS CONFIDENT HE CAN DEFEAT A RIVAL PLAN BACKED BY PRESIDENT BUSH.(FRONT)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- March 26, 2001
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Previewing the second week of the campaign finance debate, Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona on Sunday predicted more "hysteria as we come closer to passage" of his bill to ban "soft money" and also fought to head off momentum for a rival plan.
Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., said he liked an alternative that would limit, not ban, soft money. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who opposes McCain's leading proposal, also endorsed the cap.
Senators hope to reach a compromise on campaign donation regulations by the end of the week. Lott said on CNN's "Late Edition" that a proposal "might have a chance" only if it increases individual ...