51.   If the petition gets the necessary signatures, Meehan said he expects the campaign legislation to pass.

52.   In a few weeks, the Senate will take up the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform legislation.

53.   In bringing together most of the Republican sponsors of campaign finance legislation, Gingrich stood with House members whose proposals are diametrically opposed.

54.   In his first confrontation with Republican moderates, House Speaker Dennis Hastert has spurned their request for an early vote on campaign finance legislation.

55.   In October, Haddock walked with McCain and Sen. Russell Feingold from their offices to the U.S. Senate for the opening debate on their campaign finance reform legislation.

56.   In the House, Democratic leaders planned to an attempt to circumvent normal procedures and force campaign finance legislation directly to the floor.

57.   In this case, paradoxically, the unions oppose central parts of the campaign finance legislation that Quinn plans to support.

58.   In the welter of unfinished business left behind by Congress this year, campaign finance legislation again stands out.

59.   In Texas on Thursday, he said any campaign finance reform legislation had to treat labor and corporations the same way.