No campaign legislation has been signed into law since 1979 and President Clinton is expected to sign this bill once it hits his desk. This would not have been possible without the dedication of our bipartisan-bicameral working group who has met consistently over the past few weeks to craft a piece of legislation which will essentially root out the most egregious aggressors of phantom campaign advertisements. This legislation is not aimed at any one group in particular. Our goal is to eliminate all attack advertisements which are influencing the way American voters cast their votes for their elected officials.
Every group has a right to be heard, but every citizen has a right to know who is being heard.
These stealth groups hide behind innocuous sounding names. This is not right. This is a good first step and its a great day for democracy. But we must not stop here. I look forward to continue working with our bicameral-bipartisan group.