Obama lectures GOP on campaign finance bill stall

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100918/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama

WASHINGTON – Stop blocking legislation to limit the amount of money corporations and unions can spend on campaign advertising, President Barack Obama is telling Republicans, saying their strategy is "politics at its worst."

"This is common sense," Obama said in his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday. "In fact, this is the kind of proposal that Democrats and Republicans have agreed on for decades. Yet, the Republican leaders in Congress have so far said 'no.'"

.....Obama said a partisan minority in Congress wants to "ride this wave of unchecked influence all the way to victory" on Nov. 2.

"It's politics at its worst. But it's not hard to understand why," he said.

In response, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said Democrats are the ones trying to get the upper hand.

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1. $20 max per person per primary and $20 again in the general.

Let's see what the people do.

[shraby]

2. Should be restricted to donations from the state a senator

is running for office in, the people he represents. No money coming in from across state lines. The representative should only be allowed to accept money from people in his own district..the people he is representing.
This would do two things..lower the amount of campaign money needed and keep special interests from influencing campaigns. There is no need for campaigns to need multi-millions of dollars to run in their state or district.