11.   And if lawmakers responded only to the polls, tougher gun control and campaign finance laws would be on the books.

12.   And the Federal Election Commission, which helped gut existing campaign finance laws, must vigorously enforce the new rules.

13.   And once off the topics of the campaign finance law or national security policy, he can seem surprisingly uninterested in detail.

14.   And though she had also defied the Republican leadership on the campaign finance law, she made clear that she considered this issue more significant.

15.   Another Republican candidate, John McCain, sent a letter to the council criticizing the advertising as a violation of campaign finance law and urged that it be halted.

16.   Any effective campaign finance law must address both contributions and spending.

17.   As Congress returned Monday, House Democrats prepared an offensive against the House Republican leadership intended to force a vote to overhaul campaign finance laws.

18.   At one point, Clinton pointed to the campaign finance laws that require public disclosure of all contributors as proof that any excesses made by Democrats were unintentional.

19.   At the same time, advocates of tighter campaign finance laws said bundling is commonplace.

20.   At the time, the president and speaker called for a commission to study changing campaign finance laws.