McCAIN-FEINGLOD & SHAYS-MEEHAN

Here are the latest versions of these bills

Statists make it difficult for you to follow their legislative moves.  They play a shell game with their legislation, constantly changing the name and/or number of a bill.

H. R. 2183, Shays-Meehan, passed the House on August 6, 1998.  It is even more comprehensive and sweeping than the version (H. R. 3526) featured in our previous Horror Story (Go to Horror Story archives for this bill).

On September 10, 1998, the McCain-Feingold bill, the Senate version of Shays-Meehan, failed to receive enough votes to shut off debate.  This means McCain-Feingold is likely dead until the convening of the next Congress.

For my analysis of this bill, see my past articles: Forbidden Words and Turning Men Into Frogs.

Fulton Huxtable
September 13, 1998

Copyright © 1998 

For a news story about the passage of Shays-Meehan, see:

HOUSE GIVES FINAL OK TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE BILL

SPECIAL NOTE: The link will take you to Thomas at the Library of Congress.  You must search for H. R. 2183 for Shays-Meehan and for S. 25 for McCain-Feingold, then click "text of legislation," then click "full display."

If you are confused by the maze of laws, go to the horse's mouth for verification of what is being proposed by Shays-Meehan.  See Representative Christopher Shays' section on Campaign Finance Reform on his official home page.  Check out the summary of the bill.   Senator John McCain has a similar, and better, summary at his page.

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