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Campaign Finance Reform
The Political Shell Game
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2010
Summary
For decades, campaign finance reform has been an on-going topic of discussion. In particular, the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA) was heralded as a major breakthrough in controlling the flow of money into campaigns. Almost immediately, political players found other ways to financially manipulate the new laws. Campaign Finance Reform: The Political Shell Game provides an in-depth look at the history of political campaign finance reform with special emphasis on legislative, FEC, and federal court actions from the 1970s to present. In particular, the authors examine the ways that campaigns and independent groups have sought to make end-runs around existing campaign finance rules. Oftentimes the loopholes they find make a significant impact on an election, sparking the next round of campaign finance reform. New rules are then enacted, and new loopholes are found. Like a big political shell game, the amount of money in politics never actually decreases, but instead gets moved around from one organization to another.
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Copyright year
2010
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-4566-1
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-4567-8
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
148
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Chapter 1: Overview of Campaign Finance Law No access Pages 1 - 12
Chapter 2: Political Parties and the Finance Law No access Pages 13 - 28
Chapter 3: NCPAC and the Development of Third-Party Expenditures No access Pages 29 - 44
Chapter 4: A History of 527 Organizations No access Pages 45 - 68
Chapter 5: Swift Boat Veterans vs. MoveOn.org No access Pages 69 - 76
Chapter 6: Analysis of 527 Ads in 2004 Election No access Pages 77 - 88
Chapter 7: Silence Is(n’t) Golden: Responding to 527 Ads No access Pages 89 - 112
Chapter 8: The Possible Future of 527s No access Pages 113 - 122
Chapter 9: The Future of Campaign Finance Laws No access Pages 123 - 136
Afterword: Corporations Are Given a Free Rein No access Pages 137 - 142
