.Politics.
Bill limiting campaign contributions introduced
By Don Peters
Emerald Associate Editor
Dismayed by rising costs in
election campaigns. Rep Mike
Burton (D-Portland) Thursday
proposed a bill to limit cam
paign contributions and spend
ing
Burton outlined his bill in a
morning press conference, leg
islative Council (LQ 4!>7 is a
campaign reform measure for
legislative and statewide cam
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If passed, the legislation will
place higher restrictions for
contributions on political ac
tion committees (PACsJ. corpo
rations, labor unions, political
parties and individuals It also
prohibits contributions be
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tributions between candidates
and PACs
in addition, the measure
would impose a ’'voluntary'’
s|M-ndinK limit on candidates.
Under federal laws, a stricter
spending limit would bo il
legal. but candidates who
chose to ignore the limit would
have that information printed
in the voters' guide.
"I proposed the bill because I
think the public is losing acces
sibility to political office." Hor
ton said. "Oregon politics is
fairly clean and 1 want to keep
it that way. Money just adds to
the sleaze factor."
The hill closely resembles
one Burton proposed during
the 1987 legislative session.
HB.1184. The bill never came
op to vote in the House.
“It (HM:UH4) got a courtesy
hearing in the House State and
Federal Affairs committee, and
they pocketed it." Burton said.
"I didn't expect that much
backing last time, but this time
I do."
This time Burton has
amassed a formidable list of al
lies. The list includes some of
the largest corporations in Ore
gon. a major lobbying group,
and throe fellow represents
tives: Ron Cease (D-Portland),
Carl Hosticka (D-Eugene) and
Bob Pickard (D-Bend).
Campaign finances is just the
first of a series of bills Burton
will present under h title of
"legislature Reform Package
Upcoming measures include
one that would set annual ses
sions of the Oregon legislature,
instead of the present biannual
sessions
If passed, the hill would re
quire legislators to meet in Jan
uary of every odd-numbered
year to organize, adjourn, and
reconvene every March The
bill would also limit congres
sional sessions to 1(.M) days
Other initiatives include one
that would increase the term of
state representatives to four
years; another that would limit
all state office holders to two
terms; and another that would
change the wav legislators are
paid.
“If we don't get a response
from the legislature, we re fullv
prepared to take the measure to
the people in the form of an ini
tiative." Burton said.
Senate President John
kit/.haber announced his com
mittee appointments late Tues
day. and as in the House, local
legislators garnered top posi
tions.
Grattan kerans, District 21
senator, is chairman the Senate
Labor Committee, and serve on
Agriculture and Natural Re
sources and Telecommunica
tions and Consumer Affairs
Committee.
Distrii t 22 Senator Larry Hill
gave his chairmanship on labor
to kerans. pit king up a spot on
the influential Ways and Means
Committee instead Hill's
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