Mr. Kerry's and Mr. Weld's model didn't stop special interests from currying favor with contributions, nor did it help open up the electoral system to people without wealthy supporters or personal fortunes.
If we agree with Senator John McCain that the bill "is the worst example of the influence of special-interest groups I have ever seen" (Business Day, Oct. 12), we need to demand that our representatives act to stop special interests from corrupting our democracy.
2. Enhance Democracy to stop special interest vetoes.
Trump has threatened repeatedly to stop special payments to insurers, promised by the law but never appropriated, that are designed to underwrite the cost of extra financial protection for low-income consumers.
Look at those images go on, take a good look and then I think we will agree on one thing: when it stopped being special, it stopped being special.
Texas, which has put more people to death than any other state since capital punishment was restored in 1976 by the United States Supreme Court, stopped offering special last meals to the condemned in 2011.
At various points in 2004, he was photographed by surveillance officers while on a camping trip in the Lake District, was arrested for distributing extremist Islamist literature and was stopped by Special Branch officers on his way to Pakistan.
Earlier this month, the Treasury stopped issuing special securities designed to help cities and states manage their debt.
It is not diluted by the passage of time, in contrast to its impact on our leaders, who have promised action, but were stopped by special interests.
These "extraordinary measures," aimed at staving off default, began earlier this month, when the Treasury stopped issuing special securities that help state and local governments manage their debt.
