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The article examines campaign-finance policies and reforms in the U.S. The historical roots of campaign-finance from the time of Madison and details of how funds are raised by political parties are explained. The comment of deputy solicitor general Malcolm Stewart about book banning as a means...
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States that on January 26, a motion by Lillian Staroszic to draft an amendment to the election disclosure bylaw was passed, intended to discourage large campaign donations by special interest groups. How absence of Edmonton Mayor Jan Reimer and Alderman Tooker Gomberg affected passing of...
- Very expensive also-rans. // Alberta Report / Newsmagazine;7/24/95, Vol. 22 Issue 32, p21
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- Stopping the buck here. Krasno, Jonathan S.; Green, Donald Philip // Brookings Review;Spring93, Vol. 11 Issue 2, p16
Advocates campaign spending limits in House elections in the United States and asserts that this campaign finance reform will benefit both challengers and incumbents. Republicans for unlimited spending; Proposed ceilings; Analyst Gary Jacobson's model; Effects of public financing; Partisan...
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Summarizes the decades-long controversy over the issue of campaign funding and costs and the vastly different House and Senate campaign finance bills.
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Traces the evolution of campaign finance reform in Congress from 1907's Tillman Act to current proposals.
