21. The legislation bans non-House members from directly filing ethics complaints and attempts to speed up the ethics process, while protecting lawmakers under investigation. 22. The legislation would ban soft money, limit the ability of outside groups to help candidates, and require greater disclosure of campaign contributions and expenditures. 23. The legislation would ban the unlimited and unregulated donations to the political parties known as soft money, but would not affect how presidential candidates raise money. 24. The legislation would effectively ban taxes on Internet access, but it includes a grandfather clause that would allow eight states to continue imposing an existing tax. 25. The proposed legislation would ban advertising in publications or at activities targeted at minors. 26. The Shays-Meehan legislation would ban soft money, the unlimited contributions that corporations, unions and individuals can make to political parties. 27. Originally, the legislation would have banned imports of sugar from any country that buys sugar or molasses from Cuba. 28. Overall, the legislation would ban soft money, which refers to unlimited donations to the national and state political parties. 29. Allard said the legislation would not ban exports. 30. As approved by the Rada, the altered legislation bans foreign citizens or people without citizenship from holding leadership posts in Ukrainian television or radio companies. |