Douglas worried about campaign finance reform law

MONTPELIER, VT (2007-05-16)
(Host) Governor Jim Douglas says he has some serious concerns about a new campaign finance reform law that won approval in the final days of the legislative session. Douglas is worried that the law could be unconstitutional and might be overturned in court.
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(Kinzel) Backers of the new law have a very different viewpoint. Paul Burns is the director of the Vermont Public Interest Research Group.
(Burns) "We have seen instances in the recent past where the national political parties for instance gave more than one dollar out of every two to the major party candidates running for governor in this state. That's a tremendous amount of influence."
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Labels: campaign finance reform, democracy, legislation
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