First, you should know, I think restricting private campaign financing is probably unconstitutional, but I'll set that aside for the purposes of this comment. The thing you should consider is that Dave Obey is completely hypocritical on this issue. He takes 2/3rds of his campaign contributions from DC PACs and DC lobbyists. Moreover, one of his Republican opponents asked Obey to voluntarily limit spending by both sides to $500,000 in his race, and Obey refused. The Republican still has to run in a primary. Obey has a $1.3 million Congressional budget to help his cause. Obey already has $900,000 in his …
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luminous beauty, how exactly is it unilateral disarmanent to limit spending on both sides? Obey refused to do just that. what obey is is hypocritical.
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