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Thursday, December 1, 2005

Legislature passes campaign finance reform bill


The [Connecticut] state legislature approved what advocates billed as the most sweeping reforms of campaign finance laws in the country early Thursday, including restrictions on campaign contributions and a new publicly funded election system. (The Boston Globe, Thursday)

Free speech suffers another setback.

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