...part because of his call to ban large soft-money contributions. ''It has become pretty clear that (campaign-finance overhaul) is an issue that concerns most Americans,'' Mondale said.

...great day for democracy.'' Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who leads the Senate's opposition to campaign finance overhaul, was one of a handful senators to vote against the disclosure bill. He said that while the legislation would not...

...his campaign coffers and never put serious pressure on Congress to pass a reform bill. Al Gore called for campaign finance overhaul back in March, hoping to woo the independents who had flocked to Sen. John McCain in the primaries. Now he invites...

...details of McCain-Feingold, nor is Russ," he said. "We recognize that compromises have to be made." Campaign finance overhaul was a cornerstone of McCain's failed presidential run against Bush, but McCain and his allies insist they're...

...R-Ariz., while this case moved through the courts. The ruling, nonetheless, could shore up congressional campaign finance overhaul efforts by removing some doubt about the constitutionality of the McCain-Feingold bill now in Congress. A ruling...

WASHINGTON -- Arizona Sen. John McCain's pledge to push a campaign finance overhaul to the top of the Senate's agenda threatens to revive once-rocky relations between the former presidential candidate and President-elect...

...in the Democratic-controlled Senate. Democrats were unsuccessful in moving some of their priorities: campaign finance overhaul, an increase in the minimum wage, a Medicare prescription drug benefit and patients' rights legislation. The...

...justice of the United States five years ago. The latest, and most stinging, judicial setback for a campaign-finance overhaul was this year, when the court, in the Citizens United case, ruled that corporate money can be spent directly to...