With public pressure, reform will succeed
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- Reform that doesn't take a bite out of TV time. Albiniak, Paige // Broadcasting & Cable;09/08/97, Vol. 127 Issue 37, p22
Reports on Senator Arlen Specter's opposition to the campaign finance reform bill proposed by Senators John McCain, Russell Feingold and Fred Thompson which will mandate free television airtime to political candidates if passed. Specter's claim that the bill is unconstitutional; Specter's plan...
- Senate's new leading man readies for blockbuster summer. MacLeish, Rod // Christian Science Monitor;4/1/97, Vol. 89 Issue 87, p1
Reports that Senator Fred Thompson was selected as the chairman of the Government Affairs Committee, which will hold hearings in an effort to reform campaign-spending laws in United States, during the summer of 1997. Details on the hearings; Background information on Thompson.
- The actor with a yawning audience. Sperling, Godfrey // Christian Science Monitor;8/12/97, Vol. 89 Issue 180, p19
Opinion. Discusses the lack of public outcry over the campaign finance abuse hearings headed by Senator Fred Thompson of Tennessee. The general loss of faith by the US public in the government; The spread of cynicism; Why television broadcasters say that they have not shown the hearings; How...
- Out of Scandal, Reform? Felten, Eric // National Review;3/24/1997, Vol. 49 Issue 5, p20
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- Free airtime gets no time. Albiniak, Paige // Broadcasting & Cable;09/29/97, Vol. 127 Issue 40, p22
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- McCain-Feingold proposal offers hope for real reform. Howell, Jackie // Common Cause Magazine;Fall95, Vol. 21 Issue 3, p28
Reports that United States Senators John McCain and Russell Feingold have jointly introduced a campaign finance reform bill in the United States Senate. Details of the bill.
- It's Soft Heads, Not Soft Money. Coulter, Ann // Human Events;03/26/2001, Vol. 57 Issue 12, p1
Focuses on a proposed legislation on campaign finance reform sponsored by Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Russ Feingold (D-Wis.). Reaction of the news media to the reform bill; Definition of soft money; Theory behind the campaign finance laws.
- More Money, No Problem. Weigel, David // Reason;May2007, Vol. 39 Issue 1, p14
The author reflects on the demise of taxpayer-financed campaigns in the U.S. in relation to the campaign finance reform law introduced by Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona and Democratic Senator Russell-Feingold of Wisconsin. He argues that in 2004 soft-money donors used Section 527 of...
- Capital Briefs. // Human Events;6/4/2007, Vol. 63 Issue 19, p4
This section offers news briefs from the U.S. Fred Thompson, former Tennessee senator and television actor, has signaled his intention to make his unannounced bid for the Republican presidential nomination official. White House Political Director Sara Taylor has resigned from her post. Senator...
