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Statement by the President: "... I will sign (CFR) into law."
Office of the Press Secretary ^ | March 20, 2002 | George W. Bush

Posted on 03/20/2002 4:33:41 PM PST by erk

The White House, President George W. Bush

For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 20, 2002

Statement by the President

Like many Republicans and Democrats in the Congress, I support common-sense reforms to end abuses in our campaign finance system.  The reforms passed today, while flawed in some areas, still improve the current system overall, and I will sign them into law.

The legislation makes some important progress on the timeliness of disclosure, individual contribution limits, and banning soft money from corporations and labor unions, but it does present some legitimate constitutional questions.  I continue to believe the best reform is full and timely disclosure of campaign contributions.

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KEYWORDS: bush; cfr; cfrlist; silenceamerica
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To: godisright
What about all the congressmen who voted for it? I figure the ones who voted for it know they can find loopholes in the law as written.

Let me play devil's advocate for a moment. I admit not having read the finer points of the bill. Is it possible that we're overreacting? There are other things we can't do on television, but few people call those things unconstitutional. I ask this question in all seriousness, maybe this thread could use a cogent explanation of exactly what part(s) of the bill violate the first amendment. I'll probably end up agreeing with you, but I just want to understand this issue before running my mouth off.

61 posted on 03/20/2002 5:02:43 PM PST by TrappedInLiberalHell
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To: Eagle Eye
I was only off by one amendment.

Maybe they're starting with the 1st amendment and going down the list.

62 posted on 03/20/2002 5:03:04 PM PST by LiberteeBell
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To: erk
Time to leave. Any of you who are upset by this and want to bail out of what seems to be becoming the Republicrat party, check out www.constitutionparty.com. Seriously.
63 posted on 03/20/2002 5:03:04 PM PST by Terriergal
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To: Congressman Billybob
Yes, the Constitution deserves to be defended. I'll be praying for you guys to prevail. God save the Republic.
64 posted on 03/20/2002 5:03:56 PM PST by dittomom
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To: erk
Trust this takes the sting out of the inevitable.
65 posted on 03/20/2002 5:04:09 PM PST by Askel5
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To: VRWC_minion
I hope you are right but if he has a whole boatload of options, as you say, WHY would he issue a statement and put it on the White House website, saying that he WILL sign it?
66 posted on 03/20/2002 5:04:16 PM PST by Lorena
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To: LiberteeBell
Maybe they're starting with the 1st amendment and going down the list.

Most assuredly.

67 posted on 03/20/2002 5:04:34 PM PST by Terriergal
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To: cactmh
I'm betting Pat Buchanan wouldn't have been making Mexican immigration gift trip! Its time to seriously look outside of the 2 birds of the same dirty feather!
68 posted on 03/20/2002 5:04:39 PM PST by VAwireguy
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To: erk
Buh-bye bush. Too bad so sad.
This, along with your blanket amnesty proposal for illegals (yeah, award them legal status for breaking the law), I am through with you. You are just like any other politicians after all.
69 posted on 03/20/2002 5:05:08 PM PST by Chong
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To: Ken H
Someone is giving the President some very bad advice on many dometic issues, IMO.

I believe his name is Karl Rove

He is the one who was behind the tariff fiasco.

70 posted on 03/20/2002 5:05:26 PM PST by WOSG
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To: mwl1
"Does anyone have a sense of how quickly the US Supremes will hear this case?"

Yeah, right after the overturn the Brady Bill.
71 posted on 03/20/2002 5:05:49 PM PST by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
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To: godisright
That one sentence is the EPITOME of political fence riding.

I think the one where he used "Excess" and "already been killed" to describe the embryos turned "stem cell lines" has it beat hands down.

72 posted on 03/20/2002 5:06:01 PM PST by Askel5
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To: Congressman Billybob
You hinted yesterday of a plan after it was signed by the Senate.,.,.,what has changed your mind?
73 posted on 03/20/2002 5:06:20 PM PST by estrogen
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To: Congressman Billybob
You hinted yesterday of a plan after it was signed by the Senate.,.,.,what has changed your mind?
74 posted on 03/20/2002 5:06:22 PM PST by estrogen
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To: erk
Well there you go. Anyone who thought George Bush was a man of principle better think again. He's a political opportunist and will do whatever it takes to stay in office.
75 posted on 03/20/2002 5:06:40 PM PST by Arkie2
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To: mlo
I might agree, but this isn't simply about politics. It's about TRUST. We trusted the word of a man we all believed in. This was his word...."I will sign no campaign Finance Reform Bill that does not contain......." It doesn't contain the specifics Bush demanded. He signs it, he loses the trust of soooo many, and gives the libs a chance to shoot to kill. This is sad.
76 posted on 03/20/2002 5:06:41 PM PST by Nix 2
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To: Ken H
Someone is giving the President some very bad advice on many dometic issues, IMO.

megga dittos !!

I thought he would take the PRINCIPLED stand for Free Speech... instead it seems he is USING the SCOTUS to do his dirty work.... very disapointing...

David

77 posted on 03/20/2002 5:06:45 PM PST by davidosborne
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To: erk
It seems like so many of the posters here are against CFR because of the concept that soft money contributions are a form of free speech under the constitution.

Am I missing some other reasons most people here are against this? I'm sort of up in the air at the moment, and trying to determine what I think.
78 posted on 03/20/2002 5:07:05 PM PST by jurisdog
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To: sinkspur
In terms of hard money, the GOP will make out like bandits with this bill.

I always suspected you prefer cash rather than the Constitution.

79 posted on 03/20/2002 5:07:43 PM PST by Willie Green
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To: VRWC_minion
Whenever we speculate how Bush is going to let us down we are normally happy with the final outcome. Bush hasn't played his cards yet. Let us wait to see how he handles it. He has a whole boat load of options yet.

In case you didn't notice, this statement came from the Office of the Press Secretary. I've stated numerous times, as recently as earlier today, that I believed the President would veto this.

I was wrong. I don't see how there will be a happy outcome to this based on today's statement. Bush's only card to play is a VETO. There wouldn't be enough votes to overturn that.

He signs, he loses - BIGTIME.

80 posted on 03/20/2002 5:07:52 PM PST by mombonn
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