21.   The measure would ban soft money, the unregulated donations to parties that serve as a dodge of campaign spending limits on presidential campaign committees.

22.   The massive flow of regular campaign funds to both campaigns makes it all the more distressing that each side is now also raising largely unregulated donations or soft money.

23.   The proposal by McCain and Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., would ban corporations, unions and individuals from giving unregulated donations to political parties.

24.   The Shays-Meehan bill would ban unregulated donations to parties and bar donations to independent groups to pay for television ads.

25.   These virtually unregulated donations are allegedly given to the political parties themselves rather than to candidates but are inevitably used to enrich individual campaigns.

26.   For months, Rep. Christopher Shays has worked to pass legislation that would ban certain largely unregulated political donations.

27.   Legislation sponsored by McCain, also a former GOP presidential hopeful, and Feingold would eliminate soft money, the unregulated donations from corporations, unions and wealthy individuals.

28.   Soft money refers to unregulated donations by labor unions, corporations and individuals that cannot be used to directly aid candidates.

29.   The two have pushed legislation unsuccessfully in the past that would eliminate soft money, unregulated donations from corporations, unions and wealthy individuals.

30.   The two in the past have unsuccessfully pushed legislation that would eliminate soft money, the unregulated donations from corporations, unions and wealthy individuals.