The Fallacy of Campaign Finance ReformAt first glance, campaign finance reform looks like a good idea. McCain-Feingold, for instance, regulates campaigns by prohibiting national political parties from accepting soft money contributions from corporations, labor unions, and wealthy individuals. But are such measures, or any of the numerous and similarly restrictive proposals that have circulated through Washington in recent years, really good for our democracy? |
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... McCain-Feingold and the Market for Incumbent Protection 233 chapter 9. A Liberalizing Agenda 255 Notes 293 Index 363 Preface The struggle to restrict money's influence in politics and Contents.
... McCain- Feingold, and much else. Similarly, my lunches with Herb Alexander, Lance Tarrance Jr., and Paul Teller clarified my thinking. My colleagues at Cato have been helpful and supportive in many ways. At the risk of over- looking ...
... McCain-Feingold Act, otherwise known as the Bipar- tisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002.1 Because the House of Represen- tatives had already passed it, the bill needed only President George W. Bush's signature to become law. Despite his ...
... McCain - Feingold also doubled those contribution limits . Fi- nally , the law sought to expand the ambit of federal election law to include fundraising for certain kinds of broadcast advertising that had previously been exempt from the ...
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