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...opposed to cameras in the chamber feared that exposure would forever alter the leisurely, idiosyncratic, old-boy nature of the Senate, which allows unlimited debate and endless quorum calls, and that the public would not understand or approve the legislators' arcane customs. "Unlimited debate," said Louisiana Democrat J. Bennett Johnston, "is not a pretty thing to watch on television . . . It is a messy, untidy spectacle to watch, but I think it is vital to the nation...
Private contributions to congressional campaigns may not exceed $1000. Gallagher and fellow candidate Carla Johnston have said they will not accept funds from organizations representing corporate interests...
...former deputy director of the Union of Concerned Scientists and the first recipient of Radcliffe College's Peace Fellowship, Johnston said that current U.S. defense policy spawns wasteful spending and is also potentially self-destructive...
...Johnston said job-training and housing programs should be federally funded but controlled locally so that they can be most responsive to the needs of individuals in communities across the country...
...Johnston said she hopes to serve on the House Appropriations Committee if elected. She said she has extensive experience building coalitions which would help her to plan "which day, which hearing" to push through her policy ideas, and how to "give them the right kind of sunshine...