Campaign finance override fails by one vote

July 12, 2007

MONTPELIER -- Campaign finance reform legislation died Wednesday when the House fell one vote shy of the 98 needed to override Gov. Jim Douglas' veto.

"It is a bitter disappointment to lose by a single vote," said Paul Burns, executive director of the Vermont Public Interest Research Group, which has long championed restrictions on money in elections. "We consider it a temporary victory for fat cats and special interests."

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