AdWatch: ‘Our Democracy Is Not For Sale’
August 2, 2007, 9:56pm
Arizona Republican John McCain took a break from his presidential campaign today to talk about lobbying and ethics legislation on the Senate floor. On the same day, his presidential campaign released an advertisement about the topic.
“Only by breaking the iron triangle of big money, special-interest lobbyists and the legislation they buy can sovereignty be restored to the American people, integrity be reclaimed for our political syste and our public institutions [be] reformed to better serve the interests of the United States,” McCain said in the ad. “Our democracy is not for sale.”
The Senate passed the ethics legislation by a vote of 83-14, clearing it to President Bush. But McCain voted against it because it would not require online disclosure of “earmarks” for lawmakers’ pet projects when the earmarks are in the House-Senate conference reports to spending bills.
Categories: Arizona, Sen. John McCain, Ethics, Lobbying, John McCain, AdWatch
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