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The U.S. Senate has sent a campaign-finance reform bill to President Bush. The president has promised to sign it, even though he acknowledges that it is "flawed." Flawed? You bet it is. So flawed that if the president followed his instincts, he would veto this legislation. This is incumbent-protection legislation that steps all over free-speech rights. That's how flawed it is. For starters, it has a curious bit of timing. It will be signed now so members of Congress can spend the entire 2002 campaign patting themselves on the back for "reforming" the system. But they won't have to live...

On Wednesday, the Senate approved the campaign finance "reform" bill. If you are not aware of what could happen to your rights under this legislation, consider this: If this bill is signed by the president, citizen groups will be restricted in putting on radio and television ads that mention candidates 60 days before an election or 30 days before a primary. Supporters of this bill, including our own Sen. John McCain, admit that this bill will have to be fought out in the courts. That's because the First Amendment states that Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of...

<p>WASHINGTON (AP) -- Click on Sen. John McCain's Web site and a pig appears, pushing a barrel with its snout, its tail tied to a banner that says "Pork Barreling."</p> <p>The lumbering swine is a slap at lawmakers who use their clout to win federal money for home-state spending projects, and it provides a glimpse into McCain's style -- blunt, dogged, sometimes humorous, willing to offend.</p>

Senate is "debating" the upcoming cloture vote on Campaign Finance Reform. Vote is scheduled for 10 minutes before 1PM today. Senators Hutchison of Texas and McConnell of Kentucky have spoken on the opposing side so far. Senator Paul Wellstone now speaking FOR Campaign Finance Reform

<p>On Wednesday, the Senate voted down a proposal by Sens. John Kerry and John McCain to raise mileage standards on automobiles. The outcome came as no surprise, but what does it mean?</p> <p>Was it yet another victory for special interests at the expense of the national interest? No, it was much worse than that.</p>

Sen. John McCain (R-Az.) suggested Tuesday that the reason the White House has declined to brief Congress on the war effort as often as Senate Plurality Leader Tom Daschle would like is because some of Daschle's colleagues are a security risk. "I'd like to remind you that at the beginning of this whole thing there were leaks from Congress that could have been very damaging to our efforts," McCain told radio talker Don Imus. The Arizona Republican made no mention of Daschle's pre 9/11 comments, when the South Dakota Democrat admitted that a number of congressmen he knew were national...

...That withstood a challenge and spirited debate from Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona), who called the restriction secretive, protectionist and a threat to the new U.S.-Vietnam free trade agreement...