TITLE

Latest effort to retool election spending laws

AUTHOR(S)
Walker, Sam
PUB. DATE
June 1996
SOURCE
Christian Science Monitor;6/25/96, Vol. 88 Issue 147, p3
SOURCE TYPE
Newspaper
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Discusses the implications of a proposal for banning contributions from political actions committees (PACS) and capping personal funds any political candidate can spend in political campaigns in the United States. Measure for preventing the influence of interest groups in political decision making; Breaking up political campaign stereotypes.
ACCESSION #
9607073022

Tags: CAMPAIGN funds -- Law & legislation;  POLITICAL campaigns -- Law & legislation

 

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