Campaign Finance Reform
Campaign finance reform for federal elections has been a hotly debated topic in recent years. What are the various proposals for campaign finance reform? Why is campaign finance reform considered important? What legislation was passed in 2002, and with what effect? What has happened recently with the 2002 legislation and other attempts at campaign finance reform?
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The new money game. Editorials; campaign finance
The Nation Jan 5, 2004 v278 i1 p4 (756 words)
Pols' dough to flow: even with court blessing, reform law not expected to slow TV campaigning. political advertising financing Bill McConnell.
Broadcasting & Cable Dec 15, 2003 v133 i50 p1(2) (958 words)
Judgment Day; Campaign finance and redistricting. The Supreme Court weighs in
The Economist (US) Dec 13, 2003 v369 i8354 p32US (1065 words)
Will Bush and Dean Kill Public-Financed Races? Pres George W. Bush; presidential candidate Howard Dean Lorraine Woellert.
Business Week Nov 24, 2003 i3859 p53 (510 words)
The battle over campaign finance: prospects for the new reform law. Thomas E. Mann.
Brookings Review Fall 2003 v21 i4 p28(5) (2803 words)
Magic Words - Of course McCain-Feingold is constitutional. jeffrey rosen.
The New Republic Sept 29, 2003 p16 (1960 words)
THE EVOLUTION OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE? Liberal groups have joined forces to amass cash and clout. Lorraine Woellert.
Business Week Sept 15, 2003 i3849 p62 (971 words)
How Do You Like It Now?: Campaign-finance reform, that is. The Democrats and their allies are still wailing. BYRON YORK.
National Review Sept 15, 2003 v55 i17 pNA (1299 words)
"The Democratic Party suicide bill": Democrats knew that campaign-finance reform would cripple their fundraising ability--but they backed the idea anyway, largely on principle. Seth Gitell. The Atlantic Monthly July-August 2003 v292 i1 p106(7) (5547 words)
Nonagenarians against cynicism. (American politics and money) Eric Alterman. The Nation June 16, 2003 v276 i23 p10 (1047 words)
Bush's Brigadier Of Bucks: How Jack Oliver, a little-known 34-year-old from Missouri, is managing the most formidable cash machine in American political history. (Nation) Matthew Cooper, Michael Weisskopf. Time July 7, 2003 v162 i1 p36+ (1083 words)
Watching McCain-Feingold. (Scan). (Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act) Alan Braun. The American Enterprise June 2003 v14 i4 p10(2)
Soft Money. (court throws out Congressional ban on soft money)(Brief Article) U.S. News & World Report May 12, 2003 p13
CAMPAIGN-FINANCE REFORM ONLY A REPUBLICAN COULD LOVE? Alexandra Starr. Business Week April 21, 2003 i3829 p55
The short, unhappy life of campaign finance reform: everyone seems ready to bury the McCain-Feingold law--including those responsible for enforcing it. (Power plays: politics). Paul Taylor. Mother Jones March-April 2003 v28 i2 p28(3)
How wealth defines power: the politics of the new Gilded Age. Kevin Phillips. The American Prospect May 2003 v14 i5 pA8(3)
New campaign financing regulations may already be a failure. (National Affairs). Patrick Basham. USA Today (Magazine) March 2003 v131 i2694 p14(3)
Ralph Reed made big bucks from Enron, FEC report unveils. (People & Events).
Church & State April 2003 v56 i4 p16(1)
McCain revives campaign-reform bill. (The Week That Was). (Senator John McCain)(Brief Article) Broadcasting & Cable Oct 21, 2002 v132 i43 p18(1) Bus.Coll.: 141U1517.
Running clean in Arizona: reforms have proven so popular that after two years they may be here to stay. Marc Cooper. The Nation Oct 14, 2002 v275 i12 p20 Mag.Coll.: 111K0105.
Future of Arizona's "Clean Elections" system cloudy. (News Feed). David Weigel. Campaigns & Elections Oct-Nov 2002 v23 i10 p8(2)
Conspiracy of silence: the three branches and the fourth estate each have a vested interest in the sham called campaign finance reform. Akhil Reed Amar. American Lawyer Oct 2002 v24 i10 p69(3)
Who will police political ads? Broadcasters don't want responsibility for campaign-finance compliance. (Top of the Week). (Brief Article) Bill McConnell. Broadcasting & Cable Sept 2, 2002 v132 i36 p14(1) Bus.Coll.: 141P1755.
Is campaign reform legal? No, say broadcasters, others in First Amendment challenge of the law in federal appeals court. (Top of the Week). Bill McConnell. Broadcasting & Cable Dec 9, 2002 v132 i50 p12(1)
The mayor's money machine II: how Mayor Francis Slay paid back his contributors by cheating voters. (St. Louis mayor Francis Slay and the Cardianl's baseball team owners) Louis J. Rose, Fred Lindecke. St. Louis Journalism Review Nov 2002 v32 i251 p20(5)
New campaign law: whose ox? Unsophisticated interest groups and state parties will get buried in the increased complexity of the process. Resourceful pros will benefit while amateurs will be left behind. (On the Record). (Brief Article) Ron Faucheux. Campaigns & Elections July 2002 v23 i6 p7(1)
The road to nowhere: thirty years of campaign-finance reform yield precious little. (Gazette). (Brief Article) Ellen Miller, Nick Penniman. The American Prospect August 12, 2002 v13 i14 p14(2)
SOFT MONEY: IS IT THE END--OR THE END RUN? (campaign finance)(Brief Article) Lorraine Woellert. Business Week July 8, 2002 i3790 p47
The equal empire. (Networks). (campaign finance reform)(Brief Article) The American Prospect July 1, 2002 v13 i12 p8(1)
Campaign reform: is there a consensus? (Political Adviser). (Statistical Data Included) Owen G. Abbe, Nathan S. Begelow, Paul S. Herrnson. Campaigns & Elections July 2002 v23 i6 p44(2)
Petty Cash - Will McCain-Feingold breed Democratic fratricide? (election finance reform)(Statistical Data Included) Franklin Foer. The New Republic June 3, 2002 p15
What $6 Million Can Buy. (connection between George W. Bush and Enron) (Business/Political Favors) (Brief Article) Time Jan 28, 2002 v159 i4 p20+
The case for vote control: campaign-finance reform is only a start. (At Large). (restrictions on voting)(Brief Article)(Column) P.J. O'Rourke. The Atlantic Monthly May 2002 v289 i5 p30(1)
Campaign Finance: The Sequel -- WITH MCCAIN-FEINGOLD FINALLY PASSED, IT'S TIME TO FOCUS AGAIN ON PUBLIC FUNDING. (reform, Washington D. C.) John Nichols. The Nation April 29, 2002 v274 i16 p16
This Campaign Reform Sure Beats None; Yes, the newly signed law is far from perfect. But it's also a far better blueprint than the one it replaces. (WASHINGTON WATCH)(Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002)(Editorial) Business Week Online April 1, 2002 pNA
How Bush Plays the Game. (politics of fund raising and industry)(Nation/Fund Raising)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included) Time April 1, 2002 v159 i13 p42+
A hard-money boomerang. (Supreme Court will probably determine the legality of campaign finance reform)(Brief Article) Terence Samuel. U.S. News & World Report April 1, 2002 p16
With victories like these ...: the glaring inadequacies of Shays-Meehan. (Gazette). (campaign finance reform) Ellen S. Miller. The American Prospect March 25, 2002 v13 i6 p14(2)
Campaign Finance Reform. Calvin Trillin. The Nation March 11, 2002 v274 i9 p5
Split Court Upholds Law Limiting Spending on Congressional Races. (US Supreme Court) Jonathan Ringel, Tony Mauro. New Jersey Law Journal July 2, 2001 v165 i1 p9
Lifeblood of the Parties. (Brief Article) The Wilson Quarterly Autumn 2000 v24 i4 p99
Do Campaign Finance Laws Make a Difference? (Brief Article) Jennifer Drage. State Legislatures Sept 2000 v26 i8 p22
SHOW ME THE MONEY. (political fundraising)(Brief Article) TOM WOLL. Dollars & Sense July 2000 p7
HOW MONEY IN POLITICS HURTS YOU. MICAH L. SIFRY. Dollars & Sense July 2000 p17
CLEANING UP POLITICS, CLEARING OUT BIG MONEY. ABBY SCHER. Dollars & Sense July 2000 p24
'CAPITAL' HILL. THAD WILLIAMSON. Dollars & Sense July 2000 p31
Campaign Finance: A Novel Proposal. World and I May 2000 v15 i5 p18
Got Money? (campaign finance and Watergate)(Brief Article) RON SCHAUMBURG, TIMOTHY KELLEY. New York Times Upfront March 27, 2000 v132 i15 p26
Show Me the Money! (attitudes of presidential candidates toward campaign reform)(Brief Article) STEVEN MANNING. New York Times Upfront March 13, 2000 v132 i14 p14
Money Matters: Consequences of Campaign Finance Reform in U.S. House Elections. (Review)_(book review) DOUGLAS ROSE. Political Science Quarterly, Spring 2000 v115 i1 p154
Money talks, as it should. (argument against campaign fund reform)(Brief Article) Michael Barone. U.S. News & World Report, November 15, 1999 v127 i19 p37
Bucks and Buckley : The plaintiff makes his case. (campaign finance reform) James L. Buckley. National Review, September 27, 1999 p40
We Are Not Just Toying With Nature. Gaylord Nelson. The Progressive, January 1999 v63 i1 p36(1)
THE FEC--BUMBLING ENFORCER. (United States. Federal Election Commission) (Brief Article) The Nation June 11, 2001 v272 i23 p7 Mag.Coll.: 107M0236.
Kohlgate: He was a legend of European statesmanship--and the boss of a secret slush fund. (former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl)(World) Time Jan 31, 2000 v155 i4 p50+ |
