John Mc Cain

This has led to a search for reform on this delicate topic. However, it is not an easy thing to reform, due to the nature of the issue. In order to reform this problem, politicians are forced to create legislation which will make their jobs harder. Legislators are left in a bind; the public which are voting for these representatives are against the, what they feel is, “out of control” spending in campaigns, yet the interest groups which are providing the means by which t

He has led the fight to curb spending, and make elections possible for all people to enter, rather than just those with large sums of money. He has introduced a large amount of legislation, and tried to rally support for his cause. Before 2001, he had introduced 5 pieces of legislation on the topic, all off which were rejected. However this has not stopped him from moving on and trying harder. “I’m just going to go ahead…Its obvious that the longer you wait, the harder it is. On January 22, or whatever day we start business, Ill ask unanimous consent to move to consider our bill. If they block it, Ill come back the next day and the next day and then we’ll have to start tying things up-and they have to know that. We just won’t let them proceed. The first bill they bring up, we’ll offer it as an amendment. They don’t have sixty votes for cloture now (the number needed to stop a filibuster) or even fifty-one votes to block us by tabling the amendment.”(Drew 3)

hey run their campaigns are against this reform. This has led many politicians to not choose a side, and try to keep their names and opinions out of the debate.

This road block was brought to light, when the late Senator of Minnesota, Paul Wellstone, proposed two amendments. The controversial amendment barred all soft-money contributions from nonprofit advocacy groups, such as the World Wildlife Federation, and the National Rifle Association. The amendment banned these groups from running advertisements of a positive, but mostly negative nature. This was a major problem with a large amount of legislators, many of which relied on money from organizations such as these. Few knew if this amendment was Constitutional, but most believed that it put the bill in major jeopardy. If this clause was added it was assumed that the bill would be quickly voted down if a non-severability clause were also added. This clause was one which combined every part of the bill into one single piece of legislation. This meant that had one part of the bill been deemed unconstitutional, the entire bill would then be deemed unconstitutional. McCain was strongly against this idea, because it heavily decreased its chance of ratification.

McCain forged on however, and met his next major road block when his bill was scheduled to come up in debate. When a bill is introduced, it is sent to a committee, where it is discussed. In the committee, amendments are added, and changes are made. The ranking member of the committee holds the leadership role, and makes final judgments on whether or not it will be brought before the body as a whole. When it is debated before the legislative body as a whole, the committee which is introducing the bill has

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