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Campaign financing bill gains key Senate test vote
Senate backers of a plan to fund federal elections with tax dollars won a pivotal test vote, defeating an attempt to kill the measure. The 61-33 result left the plan short of the two-thirds needed to end a possible filibuster, and would still require House approval and a presidential signature to become law.
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Washington
Senate
James Allen
D-Ala
House
Nixon
Allen
Treasury
Sen
Herman Talmadge
D-Ga
Talmadge
George McGovern
S.D
Susan King
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Center For Public Financing of Elections