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McCain-Feingold: The Loophole Bill

The Senate killed the latest incarnation of the McCain-Feingold campaign-finance reform bill on Tuesday. In 1997, Kenneth A. Gross pointed out a glaring loophole in McCain-Feingold's ban on "soft money"--one that still existed in this year's bill.

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