All major political parties had worked together to design the law, and it passed with only a few dissenting votes.
It passed with 699,813 votes in favor and 70,940 against.
The same provision, he said, passed the House last year with more than 400 votes.
The bill passed with six votes to spare, 83 to 58.
This bill passed with more than a hundred votes to spare.
The measure passed with 609,268 votes in favor, 454,122 against.
It passed on 28 November 2002, with 46 votes to 15.
A bill to provide modest federal support ($140 million over four years) passed the House in 2000 with more than 400 votes.
Campaign reform passed the Senate last year with 59 votes.
The House already passed the measure with five votes more than needed for an override, and is expected to do so again.