Campaign Finance Reform
The common term for the political effort to change the involvement of money in politics in the United States is called campaign finance reform. Find news, articles and essays about campaign money, finances, software, contributions, political action and more.
Current Campaign Finance Laws
lawmakers criticized the McCain-Feingold law, because it infringed on freedom of speech and penalized Republicans more than Democrats. In 2004, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4...
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Campaign Finance Laws and Definitions
Since the Civil War, Congress has sought to control who can donate to campaigns and to regulate how much money they donate. Supporters argue that political donations lead to...
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History of Campaign Finance Laws
Prior to the Civil War, there were no campaign finance laws. Early American politicians, such as Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, ran for office in the same manner as...
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Editor's Choice
If you really want campaign finance reform.
Human Events
Comments on the Bill Clinton administration's campaign for campaign finance reform in the United States. Acceptance of illegal campaign...
The Hydraulics of Campaign Finance Reform.
Texas Law Review
Discusses the influence of money on elections in the United States. Functional relationship between political spending and political success;...
Campaign-finance reform: Still alive?
Christian Science Monitor
Investigates the continuing debate in the US Congress about campaign finance reform. The status of the McCain-Feingold bill, which aims to limit...
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`The First Amendment is not a stop sign against reform.'
Progressive
Contends on the need for a campaign-finance reform. Significance of campaign-finance reform; Opponents of the campaign-finance reform; Several...
URBAN GOVERNMENT FINANCE AND FEDERAL INCOME TAX REFORM
National Tax Journal
Discusses urban government finance and federal income tax reform in the United States. Effects of tax reform on cities; Condition of cities;...
Efficiency and government red tape
Phi Delta Kappan
Discusses the role of government in school reform. Reinventing state government; The National Governors' Association Plan; Working with the...
Those big bad banks!
CA Magazine
Focuses on the proposed reform on banks and financial institutions in Canada. Details on the provisions governing financial institutions; Comment...
Governing Global Finance: The Evolution and Reform of the International Financial Architecture
Foreign Affairs
The article reviews the book "Governing Global Finance: The Evolution and Reform of the International Financial Architecture," by Anthony Elson.
Reform of the System of Education
Russian Education & Society
Focuses on the educational reform proposed by the Russian government. Secondary education; Financing of higher education; Standardization of all...
A recovery with a twist
Business Mexico
Reports on the economic status of the United States in 1993. Productivity; Inflation rates; Employment growth; Government financing; Health reforms.
No: The so-called reform opened the floodgates to more special-interest money
Insight on the News
Argues against the Republican Party's proposal to reform campaign finance. Cynicism of the American public on the country's money-influenced...
Czech Premier Survives First Battle for Reform
Transitions Online
Reports on the plans of Czech Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla to the reform of the public finances of the Czech Republic. Benefits of the proposed...
15 minutes with...Francisco Gil Diaz
Business Mexico
Interviews Mexican Finance Secretary Francisco Gil Diaz on the government's tax reform package. Controversy generated by the proposed value-added...
Giant Jute Mills Close
Asia Monitor: Indian Subcontinent Monitor
Reports the closure of the state-run jute mills in Bangladesh. Struggle of the government to finance the mills; Losses of the government on the...
France considers corporate reform
Pensions & Investments
Focuses on the introduction of legislation by the French government to reform corporate governance. Comments from Dominique Strauss-Khan, the...
Largest ever solar plant planned
International Power Generation
Reports the setup of the largest solar power project from BP Solar, run by the Philippine Government Department of Agrarian Reform and financed by...
� Paved With Good Intentions
Emerging Europe Monitor: South East Europe Monitor
Focuses on the economic conditions and policies of Bulgaria in 2003. Pursuance of reforms by the government, mandated by the International Monetary...
Instead of simple cuts, Arizona needs thoughtful tax reform
Inside Tucson Business
In this article the author emphasizes the need for thoughtful tax reform of the government of Tucson, Arizona. The author explains that Tucson needs...
Under the influence
Sierra
Looks at the linkage between money and the United States government's reluctance to support environmental protection measures. Increasing cost of...
Campaign Finance Reform Articles A-Z
- 'NO LAW...ABRIDGING.'
- ... and no thanks
- 1992 in review
- `Fixing' Campaign Spending
- `The First Amendment is not a stop sign against reform.'
- A combative Gingrich on campaign finance
- A Free-Market Reform of Campaign Finance
- A LOOK AHEAD
- A modest proposal to help spur real campaign reform
- A negative incentive based proposal for campaign finance
- A showdown (again) over campaign finance
- A VIEW TO A KILL
- Adult Books: NONFICTION
- ALASKA GIVES NINTH CIRCUIT THE COLD SHOULDER: CONFLICTS IN CAMPAIGN FINANCE JURISPRUDENCE
- Alert!
- ALL ABOARD THE REFORM BUS
- All campaign `reform' plans flawed
- All for naught? No!
- Bad as political campaigns are, most proposed 'reforms' are worse
- Bill Summaries
- Blue Dogs run wild with reform package
- Book reviews: Social sciences
- Broadcasters beware
- Buckley Brigade to the Rescue: Campaign Finance Reform
- Bush Must Veto Campaign Bill
- Bush Rattles a Big Tin Cup
- Buying back our political parties
- Campaign commandments
- Campaign finance 'reform' a threat to business
- Campaign finance fire not burned out yet
- Campaign Finance Is Not the Reform We Need
- Campaign finance process begs for reform
- Campaign finance push may slow ISTEA bill
- Campaign finance reform is Democrat's issue
- CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM LEGISLATION WILL AFFECT LOBBYING
- Campaign finance reform makes no sense whatsoever
- Campaign Finance Reform
- Campaign finance reform: Faulty assumptions and undemocratic consequences
- Campaign finance reforms -- that could pass!
- Campaign Finance's Funny Loophole
- Campaign probes won't stop finance reform
- Campaign reform's last gasp
- Campaign reform's unhappy campers
- Campaign Reform
- Campaign reformers try to seize the moment
- Campaign spending lid lifted
- Candidates want free time
- CC Governing Board meets
- CC launches all-out effort to clean up the Washington money scandal
- CC launches anti-corruption campaign
- CC pulls out all the stops
- Chamber begins campaign against finance reform bill
- Close to a shakedown
- COMBATIVE, FACILE, AND BOGGLING
- Congress Ignored Constitution to Pass Campaign Bill
- Constitutional amendment may be road to campaign-finance
- Consultants quiet on campaign reform
- Conversations
- Court affirms campaign-finance limits
- Debunking the Bunkum
- DEFINING POLITICAL MONEY
- Democrats and Republicans awash in money
- Don't let campaign finance `reformers' limit free speech
- E.J. Dionne
- Ethics victory sets stage for historic campaign reform
- Evolution of Campaign Finance Reform
- Evolution of campaign reform legislation
- Feuding Reformers
- Fight harder, Dems
- Finance reform revived
- FIREWORKS?
- Fiscal report on campaign
- Fool me once
- For love of money, and TV
- Forever Unclean
- Freedom of Speech Now Illegal
- From campaign pledges to political action
- GOP HEAVYWEIGHTS AGAIN DUKING IT OUT
- Grassroots power triumphs in statehouse victories
- Hard money. Soft money. The rot from within
- HOME STRETCH FOR REFORM?
- HOMEWORK
- HOW McCAIN-FEINGOLD WOULD CONSTRICT SPEECH
- If pols listen, they'll hear clamor for finance reform
- If you really want campaign finance reform
- In the states
- Intensifying the fight for campaign finance reform in the new Congress
- Join the action!
- Keep Campaign Donors Anonymous?
- Knocking on Bush's Door
- Kohl Train
- Lawmakers' plates will be full next session
- Leaders lament failure of campaigns reform
- Legislative Background
- Let Votes, Not Dollars, Rule
- Letter to the members of the Federal Election Commission
- Liberals' Stunning Hypocrisy On Campaign Finance Reform
- Long past time to end the political funding arms race
- March of Dimes
- McCain's gambit: Sway Washington from Arkansas
- Mischievous myths about money in politics
- Money and Free Speech: Campaign Finance Reform and the Courts
- Money laundering
- Money Talks. (book review)
- More Money in Politics, Now!
- More regulation is not the answer to campaign finance reform
- Mudslinging on your dime
- Muslim Agenda: After Bloc Vote, What Next?: Campaign Finance Reform
- Myth of 'Public Interest' Drives Political Corruption
- N.Y. Legislature's Watered-Down Ethics Bill Angers Gov. Paterson
- No compromise on corruption
- No small change
- No: The so-called reform opened the floodgates to more special-interest money
- Not dead yet
- OK, SIGN THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE BILL. BUT FIRST, VETO IT
- On the front burner
- One tiny step for campaign reform
- Parties rush to stockpile campaign cash
- People changing the money & politics equation
- Point and Counterpoint
- Political contributions and conduits after Charles Keating and EMILY's List: An incremental
- Prisoner of War Chests
- Problems don't get solved in Washington because reelection
- Public Opinion and Campaign Finance
- Publisher's notes
- REAL CAMPAIGN REFORM: FLOORS, NOT CEILINGS
- Recalculating Campaign Finance
- Reform can't be perfect
- Reforming an 'untenable' system
- Reforming Campaign Finance Reform: A Review of Voting with Dollars
- Reforming Political Will
- Reforms Destined For Review
- REFORMULATION
- Regulating Campaign Fundraising
- Remarks on campaign finance reform legislation
- Remarks on campaign finance reform legislation
- RESOLVED: BAN SOFT MONEY
- Reviews of new research at public agencies and private institutions
- Rock the Vote?
- Senate Approves Campaign Finance Reform
- Shareholder resolution a success
- Small Change: Money, Political Parties, and Campaign Finance Reform
- Smoking Out Reformers
- Smulyan, Rooney differ on soft money' reforms
- SOFT MONEY CURBS, REVISITED
- Soft money, hard choices
- SPREADING THE MONEY AROUND
- Statement on campaign finance reform legislation
- Statement on campaign finance reform
- Stump Issues: Money Politics
- Sunny-side up
- Superregulating is a bad idea
- Taking on the fat cats
- Thanks to Enron's Greed, Campaign finance reform within reach
- The buck stops ... WHERE?
- THE CAMPAIGN-FINANCE CRUCIBLE: IS LAISSEZ FAIR?
- THE CLEAN-ELECTIONS MOVEMENT
- The crowd around the trough
- The Day for Clean Money
- The Elusive Goal Of Campaign Reform
- The future path of soft money
- The Keating 535
- The Money Chase
- The president's radio address
- The Reform Debate - and Some Additional Sources
- THE REFORMERS' WORST NIGHTMARE
- THE SOFT-MONEY BATTLE TURNS BITTER
- The sound of one hand clapping
- The summer of reform
- The Teamsters, the Democrats And Campaign-Finance Reform
- The trouble with McCain
- The won't stop buying politicians
- Time to restore trust in our campaign system
- True reform: Blind trusts for political contributions
- Turning political power into money is a very old game
- Under the influence
- Unfortunately, it is only the incumbents who can vote on campaign finance reform
- Unfree Speech: The Folly of Campaign Finance Reform
- Untitled
- Voice of reason
- voter 2000
- Vouchers and campaign reform, by Tweedles Dee and Dum
- We Need Simple Campaign Finance Reform
- Welfare for politicians: Reform that!
- Welfare kings
- What's the Problem? Ackerman and Ayres on Campaign Finance Reform
- When the price of American elections is mixed with yogurt
- When there's a Will...there's another way
- Who cares where the money comes from?
- Who will police political ads?
- Why Campaign Finance Reform Makes No Sense
- WINNING BY LOSING
- With labor union accountability, campaign finance reform will exist in name only
- With public pressure, reform will succeed
- Wrong-room phoning
- Yes: Require all candidates to raise most of their funds from within their electoral districts
