The Fallacy of Campaign Finance ReformUniversity of Chicago Press, 2008 M09 15 - 328 páginas At 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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... senator . But the satisfactions it offers do not make it true . We still should ask whether anyone sins all that much and whether the re- demption on offer is likely to improve our world or agree with American political ideals . In the ...
... Senate, by a vote of 60 to 40, passed the McCain-Feingold Act, otherwise known as the Bipar- tisan Campaign Reform ... Senator John McCain (R-AZ), learned about the signing from a White House staff member. Afterwards, Bush left for a ...
... Senate in its defense , we see that its supporters expected that the new law would ac- complish many purposes . Curbing Special Interests Today's vote ... is about curbing the influence of special interests . Now is the time to enact ...
... Senator Wyden and I of- fered to raise the level of discourse in campaign ads. (Susan Collins)26 But I would ask the proponents of this argument whether what we are seeking in our democracy is electioneering that has no more depth or ...
... senators truly believed that the law addressed corruption: “Both Democratic and Re- publican members rejected any ... Senator Feingold advised his colleagues that they were required to cite corruption, regardless of whether it existed ...
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