A Quote by Zack Space

It starts with campaign finance reform. — © Zack Space
It starts with campaign finance reform.
Democrats' desperate attempt to focus on campaign finance reform instead of laws that may have been broken by the Clinton-Gore campaign is like Mike Tyson demanding a reform in boxing regulations after biting off a piece of Evander Holyfield's ear.
I think there is an overwhelming support for campaign finance reform, and that includes conservatives and Republicans. Where the problem is is with the leadership; with the politicians who are benefiting from the big campaign contributions, and the dark money in the electioneering communications and so forth.
Scaling back the campaign finance reform bill may get more Republicans aboard, but it leaves many of us who have been involved in the reform movement for years in believing that we are doing something and accomplishing nothing.
One of the biggest issues for me is campaign finance reform.
The biggest issue that we have to contend with is campaign finance reform.
Every major federal campaign-finance-reform effort since 1943 has attempted to treat corporations and unions equally. If a limit applied to corporations, it applied to unions; if unions could form PACs, corporations could too; and so on. DISCLOSE is the first major campaign-finance bill that has not taken this approach.
It is my preference that the Democratic Party leads us forward in a way that is about standing up to special interests, in a way that advances campaign finance reform, in a way that fights for meaningful prescription drug reform.
I have gone from a proponent of campaign finance reform to a revolutionary during my time in public service.
But having said that, what's happening with campaign finance reform and our political culture is devastating.
Well, paycheck protection is an important ingredient for a successful campaign finance reform measure.
We need real campaign finance reform to loosen the grip of special interests on politics.
The number one lobby that opposes campaign finance reform in the United States is the National Association of Broadcasters.
One such issue that Arkansans want action taken on is campaign finance reform. And this is a problem that is not really all that complicated.
We need to end unlimited, unaccountable money for all political parties by passing comprehensive campaign finance reform.
Campaign finance and ethics reform only works if it curtails all special interest groups equally and does not carve out any exceptions to benefit one party or another. 'Pay to play' reform was passed to limit the influence of big spending contractors over the public officials from whom they are trying to obtain work.
Most Republicans are not prepared to stand up to the fossil fuel industry because they get a lot of their campaign funds from the Koch brothers and other people in the fossil fuel industry. That tells me why we have to reform our campaign finance system.
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