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Campaign finance laws in the United States have been a contentious political issue since the early days of the union. The most recent major federal law affecting campaign finance was the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) of 2002, also known as "McCain-Feingold".
In response to the Occupy Wall Street protests and the worldwide occupy movement calling for U.S. campaign finance reform eliminating corporate influence in politics, among other reforms, Representative Ted Deutch introduced the "Outlawing Corporate Cash Undermining the Public Interest in our Elections and Democracy" (OCCUPIED) constitutional amendment on November 18, 2011.
Bopp writes that "there may be too little money spent during political campaigns, not too much", because government is larger and more powerful than it should be, and at least often agree that campaign finance reform limiting spending on political campaigns is an unconstitutionally limit on "citizens' freedom of speech and association". [51]
Oregon is currently one of roughly a dozen states that has no limits on campaign contributions, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Under the bill, starting in 2027 ...
Clinton wants progressives to know she is serious about campaign finance reform. In a video released Saturday, the presumptive Democratic nominee makes it clear: It's a first-30-days-in-office ...
On the House floor, Helfrich said Oregonians were tired of waiting for campaign finance reform and thanked stakeholders for coming to the table. “Let’s seize this moment, let’s get this done ...
The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107–155 (text), 116 Stat. 81, enacted March 27, 2002, H.R. 2356), commonly known as the McCain–Feingold Act or BCRA (/ ˈ b ɪ k r ə / BIK-ruh), is a United States federal law that amended the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, which regulates the financing of political campaigns.
The Election After Reform: Money, Politics, and the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7425-3870-2. Samples, John (2006). The Fallacy of Campaign Finance Reform. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-73450-7. Smilov, Daniel; Jurij Toplak (2007). Political Finance and Corruption in Eastern ...