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The Rhetoric and Reality of Campaign Finance Reform

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The Senate passed a ban on "soft money" donations to parties last spring, but House GOP leaders refused to let it come to a vote in their chambers — until now. The Enron scandal brought campaign finance reform back into the spotlight, and House legislators have petitioned to bring the bill to a vote. This hour, ending the saga of special interest money...can Washington finally come clean?

Guests:

John Moyers, editor and publisher of TomPaine.com

Juliet Eilperin, reporter with the Washington Post

This program aired on February 5, 2002.

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