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Mass. May Repeal `Clean Elections Law'
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| Contributor | particleman |
| Last Edited | particleman Jun 22, 2003 10:32am |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News: Iran |
| News Date | Sunday, June 22, 2003 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | BOSTON - The state Legislature is poised to repeal Massachusetts' landmark Clean Elections law, five years after voters overwhelmingly voted to put it on the books.
Under a budget compromise unveiled Thursday, House leaders — long the most ardent opponents of the law — agreed to a Senate budget amendment that eliminates publicly financed campaigns.
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The only hope for preserving the law is Gov. Mitt Romney. The Republican governor has consistently said that taxpayer dollars should not be used to finance political campaigns at a time when the state is being forced to make cuts in health care and services to the poor. Romney's press secretary said the governor will "take a look at the budget in its entirety."
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