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1. http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2010/07/15/browns_opposition_dims_chances_for_campaign_finance_overhaul/
Senator Scott Brown said yesterday he would oppose a new campaign finance overhaul that would require further disclosures of campaign contributions, dimming prospects for the bill’s passage.

. . .The measure is a response to the ground-shifting Supreme Court ruling in January that lifted most restrictions on corporate and union funding of political advertisements.

. .

“Rather than reform our campaign finance laws and provide increased transparency, the Disclose Act advances the political agenda of the majority party and special interests in an effort to gain a tactical and political advantage little more than 100 days before an election,’’ Brown wrote in a letter to organizations that had lobbied him to support the bill.

. . .

Brown’s decision was denounced by supporters of the bill.

“It is very disappointing that Senator Brown is repeating the same old Washington excuses after just a few months in office,’’ Elisabeth MacNamara, national president of the League of Women Voters, said in a statement. “He says the legislation is partisan. This is the oldest dodge in Washington. As a nonpartisan group, we in the League of Women Voters say that this bill is not partisan and requires disclosure fairly from all.’’

Marcia Hirshberg, president of the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts, also criticized Brown.

“His leaders in Washington are opposed to transparency, but he campaigned with the people of Massachusetts as a different kind of politician,’’ she said. “He can’t represent both the old ways of Washington and the new spirit of government responsibility and transparency.’’

— Matt Viser


2.http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/07/15/browns_war_chest_is_up_to_65m/

Senator Scott P. Brown raised more than $1 million in the last three months and has more than $6.5 million cash on hand, two years ahead of his reelection cycle.

. . .

It is a huge sum for a new senator. By contrast, the state’s senior senator, Democrat John F. Kerry, had $3.09 million in his account at the start of the second quarter.

In the stretch run to his victory on Jan. 19, about 70 percent of Brown’s contributors were from outside Massachusetts, a Globe analysis showed. For the most recent quarter, however, the Globe reviewed a large sample of his contributions and more than 60 percent were from Bay State residents.

The PACs represent a range of business interests. .

. . . as senator, Brown lobbied on behalf of changes in the financial services reform bill now pending before Congress that would allow some of the largest companies in Massachusetts to continue some of their investment practices.
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