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- Campaign alternative. // Christian Century;04/04/2001, Vol. 118 Issue 11, p3
Discusses the need for an alternative campaign finance system in the United States. Information on the reform bill proposed by Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Russell Feingold (D-Wis.); What the campaign reforms in Vermont, Maine, Arizona and Massachusetts offer to state candidates; Analysis...
- Q&A. WOODBURN, JEFF // New Hampshire Business Review;1/15/2010, Vol. 32 Issue 1, p3
The article presents an interview with political activist Doris Haddock. On being asked about her feelings on her 100th birthday, she says that she keeps forgetting that she is that old. She says that If she would have been elected to the U.S. Senate, she would have finished her term. She...
- Public funding and democratic elections. Briffault, Richard // University of Pennsylvania Law Review;Dec99, Vol. 148 Issue 2, p563
Examines the role of public funding in democratic elections in the United States. Description and purpose of public funding; Relevance of public funding in the basic principles of democratic elections; Importance of designing a workable public funding system; Impact of campaign contributions on...
- Some problems with taxpayer-funded political campaigns. Smith, Bradley A. // University of Pennsylvania Law Review;Dec99, Vol. 148 Issue 2, p591
Examines issues related to government-funded political campaigns in the United States. Difficulties in designing a system of government financing; Questions of equality and corruption in the justification of tax financing; Effects of extending tax financing to congressional and senatorial races.
- Clipping Coupons for Democracy: An Egalitarian/Public Choice Defense of Campaign Finance Vouchers. Hasen, Richard L. // California Law Review;Jan1996, Vol. 84 Issue 1, p1
This Article proposes a market-based alternative to our current unpopular regime for financing federal election campaigns. Under the proposal, each voter receives vouchers for federal elections to contribute either to candidates directly or to interest groups; with limited exceptions, only funds...
- Limits to Campaign Spending--I: A Questionable Reform. REESE, THOMAS J. // America;4/7/1979, Vol. 140 Issue 13, p281
The article examines the proposal for a campaign spending ceiling on Congressional elections as part of a public financing program being introduced by the U.S. Congress. Arguments in favor and against limiting campaign spending are presented. It is argued that with the benefits of limiting...
- How to Finish off the GOP Machine. Roth, Zachary; Singal, Jesse // Washington Monthly;Jan/Feb2007, Vol. 39 Issue 1, p36
The article focuses on public financing of political campaigns in the U.S. It says that public financing has been passed in both Arizona and Maine, where candidates for legislative and statewide offices can receive campaign dollars from the state treasury, but U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi...
- Let public finance campaigns. Jacobs Jr., Andy // Indianapolis Business Journal;11/16/98, Vol. 19 Issue 35, p13
Opinion. Makes observations concerning campaign funds in the United States. Suggestion to do away with state and national nominating conventions; Practice in Great Britain of having the public finance campaigns; Description of a public system of financing election campaigns.
- A NEW BLOW TO PUBLIC FINANCING. Barnes, James A. // National Journal;4/20/2002, Vol. 34 Issue 15, p1164
Focuses on the provisions of the campaign finance law and its implication on the financing system of the U.S. government. Discussion on taxation schemes and public financing system through soft money contributions; Estimated spending of the U.S. Federal Election Commission; Government programs...
