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  1. NRA fights campaign finance reform, disclosure

    By Nancy Watzman Jan 15, 2013 9:10 a.m.

    On a March morning in 2002, the ink of President George W. Bush's signature on the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill hardly had a chance to dry before the attorneys for the National Rifle Association filed the paperwork for a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the law.

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  2. Kagan central to Clinton campaign finance reform efforts

    By Nancy Watzman Jun 23, 2010 6 p.m.

    Elena Kagan, President Barack Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court, was an active player in the Clinton Administration's efforts on campaign finance reform, a quick search of her emails--easily searchable and available here, thanks to Sunlight Labs--shows. (Click here to see a list of all emails that crossed her desk mentioning the term.)

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