Democracy Now! July 23, 1997

Campaign Finance Abuses; Commerce Department; Police Brutality
|(14 Minutes) Campaign Finance Abuses Democrats on the Senate panel investigating campaign finance abuses are expected to go on the offensive for the first time today. Accusations against Republican Party. GUEST: Dan Morgan, a reporter for the Washington Post. (19 Minutes) Commerce Department In hearings, the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee has tried to link mid-level commerce Department officials. Time is spent on the overall Clinton Commerce Department and its relations with large corporate donors under leadership of Ron Brown. GUEST: Ken Silverstein, the co-editor of Counterpunch, a newsletter about Washington. (17 Minutes) Police Brutality Civil rights groups across the country have been holding meetings pushing for Congressional hearings on the issue. In Spartanburg, SC, activists face a particularly hostile racial climate. GUEST: Charles Davis, former president of the Spartanburg, SC , NAACP GUEST: Errol Maitland, producer at Pacifica-WBAI whose son was murdered last year by security guards in Spartanburg, SC.