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“It just doesn’t solve the problem and really just creates subsidies for big-dollar donors,” he said.
Wertheimer disagrees, saying
that the Price-Van Hollen bill
is “the closest” to the New
York City model “of any of those
bills around.”
The Sarbanes bill, Wertheimer
argues, is not true to the New
York City model because it only
matches contributions of $100 or
less and places low contribution
limits on participating candidates.
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The New York City system matches the first $175 of any donation.
“It’s very difficult for me to understand how groups that are supporting and advocating strongly
the same kind of system in New
York that exists in the Price-Van
Hollen proposal can then credibly
turn around and say, ‘Well, that’s
just too objectionable for us,’”
Wertheimer said.
Other supporters of the
Price-Van Hollen bill, however,
find the protest by some progressives unnecessary.
“It’s not worth spending a whole
lot of time fighting about any of
Campaign
finance
reform
advocate
Fred
Wertheimer
speaks in
front of the
Supreme
Court
after the
McCutcheon
v. Federal
Election
Commission
arguments
this month.