Campaign Finance Reform: A SourcebookAnthony Corrado This volume pulls together key documents--statutes, court decisions, FEC advisory opinions, draft legislation--and scholarly articles that are essential references for any informed discussion of campaign finance reform. Each chapter includes a set of reprinted materials preceded by an explanation of the relevant issues by the editors. Topics include the history of federal statutes on campaign finance; major Supreme Court decisions; the constitutional contours of the current debate; a roadmap to the present rules of the game; political action committees; national parties; hard and soft money; express and issue advocacy; enforcing campaign finance law; and recent innovations and proposals. The volume is designed to help reformers and interested citizens understand how current campaign finance practices have evolved from previous decisions made by legislative, judicial, and executive bodies and what might be entailed in moving the system in a desired direction. Each of the editors has extensive practical experience in the field of campaign finance. |
Contents
DOCUMENT 21 Tillman Act of 1907 34 Stat | 36 |
Publicity Act of 1910 36 Stat 822 | 37 |
1911 Amendments to the Publicity Act 37 Stat | 39 |
DOCUMENT 24 Federal Corrupt Practices Act 1925 43 | 42 |
1940 Amendments to the Hatch Act 54 Stat | 47 |
TaftHartley Act of 1947 61 Stat | 49 |
DOCUMENT 27 | 50 |
A | 52 |
DOCUMENT 61 Federal Election Campaign Act 2 USC | 178 |
DOCUMENT 61 Federal Election Campaign Act 2 USC | 178 |
DOCUMENT 61 Federal Election Campaign Act 2 USC | 178 |
DOCUMENT 61 Federal Election Campaign Act 2 USC | 178 |
DOCUMENT 62 Federal Election Commission Regulations | 182 |
Federal Election Commission Advisory Opinion 197672 | 187 |
DOCUMENT 66 Common Cause Petition for Rulemaking on Soft | 198 |
DOCUMENT 67 Common Cause v Federal Election Commission | 206 |
A Summary | 53 |
A Summary | 58 |
A Summary | 59 |
Buckley v Valeo 424 US 1 1976 | 67 |
DOCUMENT 32 First National Bank of Boston v Bellotti | 78 |
DOCUMENT 33 Austin v Michigan State Chamber of Commerce | 82 |
DOCUMENT 53 | 140 |
Total PAC Contributions to Congressional Candidates 197896 | 141 |
DOCUMENT 61 Federal Election Campaign Act 2 USC | 176 |
DOCUMENT 61 | 178 |
DOCUMENT 61 Federal Election Campaign Act 2 USC | 178 |
DOCUMENT 61 | 178 |
ISSUE ADVOCACY AND EXPRESS ADVOCACY | 225 |
Buckley v Valeo 424 US 1 1976 | 245 |
DOCUMENT 76 | 256 |
DOCUMENT 77 Federal Election Commission v Christian Action Network | 259 |
Federal Election Commission Administering and Enforcing the FECA | 293 |
RECENT INNOVATIONS | 335 |
DOCUMENT 91 | 344 |
Carver v Nixon 72 F3d 633 8th | 349 |
DOCUMENT 94 Vote Choice Inc v DiStefano | 356 |
Vannatta v Keisling 899 F Supp 488 | 363 |
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