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NewsFebruary 25, 2002

WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle said Sunday that Senate supporters of campaign finance reform seem to have the votes to block a possible filibuster. "I'm hopeful that I can get the Republican support necessary to get the bill up and to have a good debate about it," Daschle said on ABC's "This Week." "But obviously if we don't we'll have to move toward" overcoming stalling tactics. "Then we'll need 60 votes, and ... it looks like we may have 60 votes."...

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle said Sunday that Senate supporters of campaign finance reform seem to have the votes to block a possible filibuster.

"I'm hopeful that I can get the Republican support necessary to get the bill up and to have a good debate about it," Daschle said on ABC's "This Week." "But obviously if we don't we'll have to move toward" overcoming stalling tactics. "Then we'll need 60 votes, and ... it looks like we may have 60 votes."

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Not so fast, said Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., an opponent of the reform.

On CNN's "Late Edition," McConnell said it is "not possible now" to stop the bill. But he also argued that "there's no particular urgency."

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