Former Vice President Walter Mondale (L) and former Kansas Sen. Nancy Kassebaum address a news conference where they released a statement signed by more than 70 former members of Congress calling for campaign finance reform, September 29. On September 28, the chairman of the U.S. Senate Republican campaign committee, Sen. Mitch McConnell, said he would "proudly" kill a bill that would bar largely unregulated "soft money" contributions to political parties.

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