It might hurt; Ernest Hollings of South Carolina becomes chair of Senate
Commerce instead of John McCain of Arizona, and Hollings has never been an
enthusiast of campaign reform. On the other hand, the bill's already out
of the Senate, and the underlying votes will  not be changed by the
switch. Moreover, Trent Lott would now be unable to hinder the bill by
scheduling. So I would think the effects will be quite marginal


On Thu, 24 May 2001, Rick Hasen wrote:

Anyone care to speculate on whether the shift in the Senate
to Democratic control affects the chances of
McCain-Feingold/Shays-Meehan becoming law?

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Professor of Law and William M. Rains Fellow
Loyola Law School
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Los Angeles, CA  90015-1211
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