61.   Irby said Lott intends to hold back confirmation votes on nominees until Democrats essentially concede defeat on the campaign finance legislation.

62.   It is doubtful that Congress will pass campaign finance legislation this year.

63.   LaCrosse Rep. Ron Kind talks with President Clinton about efforts to pass campaign finance reform legislation this Congress.

64.   Last year House Republican leaders threw up a series of obstacles in an effort to block campaign finance legislation.

65.   Late last month, after Bush quietly signed landmark campaign finance reform legislation, he immediately hit the road.

66.   Kerry acknowledged during an interview that any type of campaign finance reform legislation faces long odds in Congress this year.

67.   LaCrosse Rep. Ron Kind outlines a drive by a bipartisan group of freshman lawmakers to push through campaign finance reform legislation in this session of Congress.

68.   Last week, as this page warned, the speaker betrayed those principles and began his filibuster-by-amendment scheme to block campaign finance legislation.

69.   Long before the Senate deadlocked over campaign finance legislation, dooming it for this year, Speaker Newt Gingrich had promised that the House would consider the issue.

70.   Making his case, Daschle also brought out several freshmen to give witness to their faith in campaign finance legislation.