McConnell Doubts Individual Campaign Finance Limits Will Go Away – Roll Call

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McConnell Doubts Individual Campaign Finance Limits Will Go Away

By Niels Lesniewski

Posted June 30, 2015 at 12:30pm

By Niels Lesniewski and JM Rieger

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, an outspoken foe of many campaign finance restrictions, said Tuesday that he didn’t think limits on individual contributions to candidates will disappear any time soon. “I think that’s not likely to happen,” the Kentucky Republican said when asked at a news conference about the possibility of the restrictions on individual contributions being thrown out.

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