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GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Without fanfare, President Bush
jgned landmark campaign finance legislation Wednesday as he
ipened an aggressive multimillion-dollar fund-raising swing.
Vithin hours, multiple lawsuits challenged the new law.
“This legislation, although far from perfect, will improve
he current financing system for federal campaigns,” Bush said
Legislature S n a written statement released after White House aides tele-
honed bill sponsors with news of the signing.
Here, on the first stop of his quick swing through
iouth Carolina and Georgia gathering $3 million
Republican candidates. Bush denied that his
low-key enactment of the bill was any kind of state-
enton his ambivalence toward it.
an men “I wouldn’t have signed it if 1 was really unhappy
it,” Bush told reporters as he met with emer-
ency and rescue workers at a Greenville fire station.
He said he saw no contradiction in signing the
ill on a day of heavy fund raising. “I’m not going
laydown my arms. I’m going to participate in
ie rules of the system.”
After the speech to emergency workers, Bush
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rules of the system.
— President Bush
eadlined a $1.1 million fund-raiser for Rep. Lindsey Graham, R-
C., and then flew to Georgia to help collect $ 1.5 million for Rep.
Jaxby Chambliss. Thursday, he hopes to raise more than $1 mil-
Mmonties, J on f or Texas Attorney General John Cornyn’s bid for the Senate.
should u* Graham told donors at his fund-raiser: “Enjoy every minute of
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palatable,” said Graham, who voted in favor of the bill and was a
vocal supporter of Bush’s 2000 GOP rival. Sen. John McCain —
the most visible sponsor of campaign-finance legislation.
Back in Washington, the National Rifle Association was first
in line to file its legal challenge at the federal courthouse a few
blocks from the White House.
The legislation “eviscerates the core protections of the First
Amendment by prohibiting, on pain on criminal
punishment, political speech,” said a legal com
plaint filed on behalf of the NR A and its political
victory fund.
Bush had already said he would stay out of the
inevitable litigation.
“This legislation is the culmination of more than
six years of debate among a vast array of legisla
tors, citizens and groups. ... It does represent
progress in this often-contentious area of public
policy debate,” Bush said in his written statement.
“Taken as a whole, this bill improves the cur-
rent system of financing for federal campaigns
and therefore I have signed it into law.”
That’s not how the NR A saw it.
“We are proud to be one of the first plaintiffs to formally ask the
federal court to invalidate these new limits on the political speech of
ordinary citizens because we believe that this law cannot be allowed
to stand, not even for a moment,” NRA Executive Vice President
Wayne LaPierre said in a statement on the association’s lawsuit.
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BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Study
d and don’t drop out of school.
That was the message Gov. Rick Perry
ive on Tuesday as he toured South Texas
niting his five-point plan for improving
|eTexas education system.
In Brownsville, Perry outlined his plan
lower high school dropout rates.
“I’m here today to talk to you and the
lidents and the people about something I
insider to be very important to every child
the state of Texas. And that is finishing
Itool,’ - Perry said. “A high school degree
longer a goal, but a necessity.’
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>n provided by the governor’s office.
“(The students) are not just dropping out
school, they’re dropping out on their
(ture," he said, adding that students leave
for a variety of reasons, including
irk and family obligations.
Perry said his program will cost an esti
mated $200 million a year, with the bulk of
the funds coming from the federal govern
ment, including the Leaving No Child
Behind Education program, he said.
The governor was accompanied by
Felipe Alanis, a native of the Rio Grande
Valfey who is the new commissioner of
the Texas Education Agency.
Perry said he wants to establish new
mentoring, summer school and after-school
programs that “specialize in helping young
men and women who are more prone to be
A high school degree is no
longer a goal, but a necessity.
— Rick Perry
Texas governor
drop-out oriented, more at risk.”
The governor lauded a ninth-grade ini
tiative program that tries to raise graduation
rates by lowering retention and dropout
rates. But he said he wants to expand it to
“fund early intervention programs for stu
dents in other grades so that we’re not fight
ing this important battle too late.”
He said flexible methods for allowing
students to earn credits will motivate stu
dents who would otherwise be inclined to
stop their education early to drop out.
Perry said the state needs more counselors,
especially at schools with high dropout rates,
saying they can provide the extra attention
that students need to stay focused.
“These reforms will help us build on the
tremendous success that we have made in
Texas schools,” he said. “I think it’s time to
take this success to the next level, making
sure that every child has the help and the
attention we need to succeed.”
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