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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 2001
Page
3
The Senate voted 84 to 16 to raise limits on contributions to candidates and parties, aiming to balance campaign finance reforms backed by Sen. John McCain. Fred Thompson argued higher limits aid challengers and parties, reflecting changes since Watergate.
Sen. Tom Harkin urged voluntary spending limits with incentives for candidates. The plan caps at 1 million dollars plus 50 cents per voting age resident, with stronger boosts for primaries or runoffs and funding from a tax form checkoff and FEC fines. Donors would face 2000 dollar per election gifts and 37500 overall limits, rising with inflation. Feinstein and McCain-Feingold were cited as context for the push.
Briigitte Boisselier of the Raelian movement told a House subcommittee that her group has begun cow cell cloning at an undisclosed U.S. location and may ignore an FDA warning. The testimony, alongside another scientist, strengthened calls for a federal human cloning ban as President Bush signaled support. Critics say a ban could hinder legitimate biomedical research and physicians' rights. FDA faced criticism for regulation perceived as too slow amid rapid cloning advances.
Timothy McVeigh says children killed in the Oklahoma City bombing were collateral damage while admitting the crime in a new book. He regrets the deaths undercut his bid to avenge Waco and Ruby Ridge, and says he did not know about a day care center in the federal building. The Buffalo News reporters described his remarks on PrimeTime Thursday.
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