But the soft-money ban itself is arguably dubious but will probably survive. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 31, 2002] Reference
And the law on soft-money contributions is just what the term implies: squishy. From Wordnik.com. [Calling All Lawyers] Reference
Congressman Lazio was known as a very efficient soft-money raiser in Washington. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 25, 2000] Reference
That's because, people involved say, the soft-money groups don't have the soft money. From Wordnik.com. [Hullabaloo] Reference
The fact is that Congressman Lazio has had his own soft-money committee for several years. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 25, 2000] Reference
And 2002 was back when they still allowed those massive corporate soft-money contributions. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 26, 2006] Reference
The soft-money ban, it seems to me as close as you get to a no - brainer in constitutional law. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 24, 2002] Reference
To act as if the DNC is saving any money if the FL party raises soft-money funds is just silly. From Wordnik.com. [Dean To Florida Senator Bill Nelson: Sorry, We're Not Funding A Revote] Reference
Two-thirds of the soft-money contributors in the last cycle would have been subject to this cap. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Campaign Finance Reform Debate in Senate Begins Today - March 19, 2001] Reference
So I believe that both provisions will be upheld, but certainly the soft-money ban is an easy case. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 24, 2002] Reference
In 1998, in his first reelection campaign, he refused to accept soft-money donations and nearly lost. From Wordnik.com. [A True Maverick] Reference
In the old soft-money days, the cable TV baron could be counted on to write six-figure checks to the DNC. From Wordnik.com. [THE NEWS BLOG] Reference
The ruling keeps in place the ban on unlimited soft-money donations, which critics say impede free speech. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 10, 2003] Reference
But then Mr. Lazio did you an enormous favor-he invaded your personal space with his soft-money challenge. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Sugar] Reference
Finally, some time after the war, she was placed on a soft-money line in the Physics Department at Illinois. From Wordnik.com. [Goldhaber, Gertrude Scharff.] Reference
You have to wonder if this has anything do with soft-money political contributions from this company or that. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 28, 2001] Reference
'The whole notion of cutting off links between public officeholders and soft-money groups just got exploded.'. From Wordnik.com. [Hullabaloo] Reference
The Citizens United decision struck down a portion of McCain-Feingold, but didn't address the soft-money rule. From Wordnik.com. [Courts Rule on Funding of Campaigns] Reference
But even if the Supreme Court knocks down the limitations on sham "issue ads," the soft-money ban is expected to hold. From Wordnik.com. [A Beltway Bungee Jump] Reference
The McCain-Feingold campaign-reform law may have succeeded in drying up the political parties 'soft-money slush funds. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret Money War] Reference
The donation by Vivian Mannerud Verble was the largest single contribution received by Clinton's soft-money committee. From Wordnik.com. [A STUDY IN RELATIVE SLEAZE / OBAMA AND CLINTON] Reference
(The Democrats started flouting that law in 1996, when President Clinton actually approved the scripts on soft-money ads.). From Wordnik.com. [Bush Throws A Hail Mary Pass] Reference
Advocates of the 2002 law said large, soft-money donations can give donors the appearance of buying influence in Washington. From Wordnik.com. [GOP Sues to End 'Soft Money' Ban] Reference
The ascendancy of these groups, like the ban on soft-money donations to national parties, promises to put Democrats at a disadvantage. From Wordnik.com. [Making Sense of McCain-Feingold and Campaign-Finance Reform] Reference
So Winnick was one connected guy, giving hundreds of thousands in soft-money campaign contributions to both Democrats and Republicans. From Wordnik.com. [Who's Looking Out for You]
People who could write million dollar soft-money checks, because that was how much money their bond portfolio had earned the previous week. From Wordnik.com. [Act of Treason]
It fits with their neo-Jeffersonian view of things — and their disdain for the soft-money me-tooism they see stifling the party in Washington. From Wordnik.com. [Outside the Beltway] Reference
Now, so the last time we had a vote on this issue in the Senate, a cloture vote, was on a party soft-money ban only with a bogus Beck provision. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Senate Debate Over Campaign Finance Reform Begins - March 19, 2001] Reference
The Democrats have come to rely disproportionately on unlimited soft-money contributions from trial lawyers, New Economy entrepreneurs and labor unions. From Wordnik.com. ['Everything Will Change.' Or Not.] Reference
What we have before us now is a beefed-up McCain-Feingold, again with the party soft-money ban plus various efforts to restrict the voices of outside groups. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Senate Debate Over Campaign Finance Reform Begins - March 19, 2001] Reference
Since then, Congress has banned unlimited corporate contributions to political parties, leaving Inaugural funds as one of the last avenues for so-called soft-money donations. From Wordnik.com. [THE INAUGURAL: FINANCING THE FETE] Reference
Where Greenspan taught even soft-money Democrats to embrace stable prices, Naimi is the first leader of OPEC to persuade its members that stable oil prices benefit them, too. From Wordnik.com. [The Right Touch] Reference
The notion that soft money did not fund particular candidates or their campaigns became a charade: candidates appeared at soft-money fundraisers and benefited directly from them. From Wordnik.com. [Making Sense of McCain-Feingold and Campaign-Finance Reform] Reference
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