Despite bankrolling the veto override campaign, Sinquefield himself has remained silent, declining through a spokeswoman to comment on the issue.
Moreover, opponents say the law illegally inserts the federal government into the workings of state and local political parties -- overriding state campaign-finance laws -- stripping them of money and complicating their efforts to elect state and local candidates.
"The money should come in amounts that don't tend to override the campaign contributions limits and laws," she said.
Our overriding public purpose in the antiterror campaign is to deter as many future attacks as we can without subverting our Constitution.
The Reichstag fire, on the night of February 27 , 1933(apparently the work of a Dutch Communist, Marinus van der Lubbe), provided an excuse for a decree overriding all guarantees of freedom and for an intensified campaign of violence.
As has so often been the case in the Clinton administration, the thirst for campaign money and other donations seems to be overriding both good manners and political prudence.
The industry is mounting a major Congressional campaign to override President Reagan's veto last year of textile quota legislation.
But even prominent Republican donors had been among those financing a campaign to override Mr. Christie's veto, suggesting that the national politics of same-sex marriage might be shifting.
Their campaign to override the expected veto began only hours after the bill was passed, with Ms. Pelosi and Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader, staging a ceremony to send the legislation to Mr. Bush.
