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;...
Armstrong crushes hopes
Public Finance
Reports the frustration of Great Britain's Labour Party to local government minister Hilary Armstrong. Armstrong publishing of the paper on reform...
Council funding faces detailed scrutiny
Public Finance
Reports that local governments in Great Britain are confident that radical reform of the funding system is on the way. Reason behind local...
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...
Republicans all in: government shutdown by Repubicans virtually certain
Moderate Voice
The article reports on the decision by U.S. Republicans to force a government shutdown to coerce the government to cut finances for the healthcare...
Big ideas but little faith
Public Finance
Criticizes the Great Britain Labour government policy on public finance. Necessity of giving local government financial trust for the Labor...
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...
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...
Public Law and Private Power: Corporate Governance Reform in the Age of Finance Capitalism
ILR Review
A review of the book "Public Law & Private Power: Corporate Governance Reform in the Age of Finance Capitalism," by John W. Cioffi is presented.
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.
Reformed Church leader: Church financing system must be resolved
Hungary A.M.
The article reports that Bishop Gusztáv Bölcskei of the Reformed Church of Hungary has asked government to change their system of church financing.
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.
LGA pushes for finance reforms
Public Finance
Focuses on the proposal of Local Government Association (LGA) on the examination of local government financing in Great Britain. Anticipation for...
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...
Campaign Finance Reform Articles A-Z
- 'NO LAW...ABRIDGING.'
- ... and no thanks
- `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
- Adult Books: NONFICTION
- ALASKA GIVES NINTH CIRCUIT THE COLD SHOULDER: CONFLICTS IN CAMPAIGN FINANCE JURISPRUDENCE
- Alert!
- ALL ABOARD THE REFORM BUS
- All for naught? No!
- Another sham exercise
- 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
- 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 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 reform means more public information
- 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
- Citizens United anniversary shows need for campaign finance reform
- CLEAN MONEY IN MAINE
- Close to a shakedown
- COMBATIVE, FACILE, AND BOGGLING
- Common Cause/NY
- Congress Ignored Constitution to Pass Campaign Bill
- Constitutional amendment may be road to campaign-finance
- Consultants quiet on campaign reform
- Conversations
- CORRESPONDENCE
- 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
- Fiscal report on campaign
- Fool me once
- For love of money, and TV
- Forever Unclean
- Free airtime gets no time
- Freedom of Speech Now Illegal
- From campaign pledges to political action
- GOP HEAVYWEIGHTS AGAIN DUKING IT OUT
- Grassroots power triumphs in statehouse victories
- 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
- John Samples. The Fallacy of Campaign Finance Reform
- Join the action!
- Keep Campaign Donors Anonymous?
- Knocking on Bush's Door
- Lawmakers' plates will be full next session
- Leaders lament failure of campaigns reform
- Legislative Background
- 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
- McConnell pushes against campaign finance reform
- Media: Video
- 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!
- Mudslinging on your dime
- Muslim Agenda: After Bloc Vote, What Next?: Campaign Finance Reform
- N.Y. Legislature's Watered-Down Ethics Bill Angers Gov. Paterson
- 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
- Picture This: Campaign Finance Law and the Question of Values
- 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
- Reform? Don't stop at the IRS
- Reforming an 'untenable' system
- Reforming Campaign Finance Reform: A Review of Voting with Dollars
- Reforming Political Will
- REFORMING REFORM
- Reforms Destined For Review
- REFORMULATION
- Regulating Campaign Fundraising
- Remarks on campaign finance reform legislation
- Remarks on campaign finance reform legislation
- RESCUING POLITICS FROM MONEY
- 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
- Show Me the Money
- Small Change: Money, Political Parties, and Campaign Finance Reform
- Smoking Out Reformers
- Smulyan, Rooney differ on soft money' reforms
- Soft money, hard choices
- 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 Fallacy of Campaign Finance 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 Road to Nowhere
- The sound of one hand clapping
- The summer of reform
- The Teamsters, the Democrats And Campaign-Finance Reform
- The wake-up call
- The won't stop buying politicians
- They Just Shouldn't Be Worth Very Much
- Three Steps Forward, Two Steps Back
- 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 (Book Review)
- Unfree Speech: The Folly of Campaign Finance Reform
- Untitled
- Voice of reason
- Vouchers and campaign reform, by Tweedles Dee and Dum
- We Need Simple Campaign Finance Reform
- Welfare for politicians: Reform that!
- Welfare kings
- 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 Speaks for the Rich?
- Who will police political ads?
- Why Campaign Finance Reform Makes No Sense
- WINNING BY LOSING
- With public pressure, reform will succeed
- Wrong-room phoning
- Yes: Require all candidates to raise most of their funds from within their electoral districts
