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Federal campaign finance laws and congressional regulations forbid lawmakers from using campaign funds for personal use. U.S. Reps. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas; Ronny Jackson, R-Texas; Alex Mooney, R-W ...
The Fallacy of Campaign Finance Reform. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-73450-7. Smith, Bradley (2001). Unfree Speech: The Folly of Campaign Finance Reform. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-11369-2. Smith, Rodney (2006). Money, Power & Election: How Campaign Finance Reform Subverts American Democracy. Louisiana State ...
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".
Eric Wang is a partner at Vantage Legal PLLC. He advises on campaign finance and government ethics rules, among other issues, and represents clients before the FEC and congressional ethics committees.
The Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) has found “substantial reason to believe” that Reps. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas) and Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) improperly utilized campaign funds at two social ...
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310 (2010), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States regarding campaign finance laws and free speech under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
The Texas Ethics Commission is an influential body established in 1991 that provides "guidance on various public ethics laws" and plays a significant role in Texas state politics. The commission is responsible for overseeing campaign finance reports, establishing lawmakers’ pay, among other duties.
Pueblo City Council is likely to freeze the current campaign finance rules before the end of the year, anticipating the implementation of a new state law amid the likely mayoral runoff election ...