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Senate Votes Against Campaign Finance Reform - Votewatch - Sierra Club
Content: The U.S. Senate voted for cloture (to continue the debate) on the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 1999 (S. 1593), a complete ban on soft money contributions to political parties. This ban would close a 25 year old loophole that allows large companies...
Campaign Finance
Content: Response of Intervenor-Defendants Senator John McCain, et al., to Plaintiffs' Motions for Divided Argument (July 18, 2003
NRA Files Suit Against Sham Campaign Finance "Reform"
Content: We are proud to be the first plaintiff to formally ask the federal court to invalidate these new limits on the political speech of ordinary citizens
Campaign Finance Reform: The Issue
Content: Its no secret that the cost of running for office is rising. The total price of the 2000 congressional and presidential elections was almost $3 billion, up from $2.2 billion in 1996 and $1.8 billion in 1992. All indications are...
Winter 00: Campaign Finance Reform - The Argument Against
Content: One of the most heated debates in American politics today is over the desirability of campagin finance reform. Much of the question centers on whether or not money in the political process has squelched true democracy and the "voice of the people." The...
The case against campaign finance reform
Content: Part of the Enron fallout is that campaign finance reform legislation will finally see floor debate in the House of Representatives. A total of 218 signatures, a majority of the House membership, are on a discharge petition to get the so-called...
Wisconsin Democracy Campaign
Content: Nonpartisan coalition for campaign finance reform in Wisconsin. Provides online campaign finance record for state legislators.
Checkbook Democracy | A Special Segment on Campaign Finance Reform | A Project of
Content: A master Web resource covering campaign finance
reform. From The American Prospect magazine.
McConnell seeks allies in lawsuit against campaign finance reform =TheHill.com=
Content: As the Senate heads toward swift passage of campaign finance reform, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is working behind the scenes to recruit co-plaintiffs for a lawsuit he...
Common Cause -- What We Are Working On: Glossary
Content: Buckley v. Valeo is the landmark 1976 Supreme Court decision on campaign finance law. The Supreme Court upheld the disclosure requirements in the law, the contribution limits, and the provision for public funding of presidential election campaigns. The...
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