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TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2002

The Senate has scheduled a final vote on Wednesday for the campaign finance reform bill.

Debate reopened on the measure yesterday to ban unregulated "soft money" donations to political parties. The bill cleared the House last month after one round of debate in the Senate last summer.

Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) agreed with the measure last year but has now changed his mind. He says the law allows political donations to be funneled through nonprofit groups as tax-deductible donations.

Get the Story:
Campaign Finance Bill Nears Final Senate Vote (The Washington Post 3/19)
Stevens retacks on campaign finance (The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner 3/19)

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