NBC Evening News for Thursday, Mar 15, 2001
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) The impending Congressional debate over campaign finance reform introduced.
(White House: David Gregory) The battle lines over campaign finance reform with Senators John McCain and Chuck Hagel on opposite sides examined; details given of the positions of President Bush and of Hagel's bill. [BUSH - calls for an end to labor union and corporate soft money.] [McCAIN - criticizes Hagel's soft money stance.] [Democracy 21 Fred WERTHEIMER - calls the Hagel bill "a complete illusion."] [HAGEL - calls for a more accountable system.]
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