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Two senators are sponsoring bills to cap campaign contributions. |
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Wrap: The Senate Ethics Committee heard the bills and debated limiting campaign contributions.
Sen. Bob Dixon says he has concerns that limitations will interfere with transparency.
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| Description: If we limit it and we come up with an artificial system of goodness - if you want to call it that - then what we wind up with is nobody knows whose really taking that million dollar contribution. It's still there. | |
Sen. David Pearce is sponsoring one of the bills.
He says unlimited campaign contributions taint the political process.
Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Krista Gmelich.
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After a Missouri financier gave more than a million dollars to one Republican candidate,the Senate Ethics Committee discussed limiting campaign contributions. |
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Wrap: Missouri Senators David Pearce and Paul LeVota are sponsoring bills to cap contributions.
LeVota says large contributions reduce political participation.
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| Description: It diminishes the political involvement of everyone else, and that's what we've seen happen. Where candidates come, they have a ton of money either from a single source or just a few sources, and then no one runs against them. | |
Both bills limit contributions from individuals and committees.
But Sen. Gina Walsh says she is still concerned about wealthy candidates self-funding their own campaigns.
Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Krista Gmelich.