| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : NOVEMBER 22, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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Lots of Noise, But What Has McCain Accomplished? McCain's efforts to rein in the tobacco industry and reform campaign finance have been largely quixotic. But during his years in the Senate, he has prevailed on other issues. Y2K LIABILITY Earlier this year, McCain won passage of the Y2K Act, which limits corporate liability for Y2K computer bug problems LINE-ITEM VETO In 1996, McCain won a 10-year battle to enact the line-item veto, but the Supreme Court declared the law unconstitutional two years later GIFT BAN McCain led the fight to strictly limit gifts to senators and their staffs and to cut back on junkets paid for by special-interest groups TV RATINGS In 1997, he brokered a deal between the networks and family groups to establish a voluntary TV ratings system INTERNET TAXES Last year, McCain led the Senate in passing the Internet Tax Freedom Act, which puts a three-year moratorium on state and local Internet taxes BOXING REFORM McCain's efforts to clean up boxing could soon result in federal legislation DATA: BUSINESS WEEK, McCAIN 2000 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP |
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