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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... vote of 60 to 40, passed the 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 ...
... vote ... is about curbing the influence of special interests . Now is the time to enact real reform and return the power to the people and restore their faith in the Government . ( John McCain ) It is a key purpose of the bill to stop ...
... , and for some of the people. With this vote, we stand on the verge of putting the reigns of government back into the hands of all people. (Thomas Daschle)13 This bill ... will make many needed changes to our 4 introduction.
... Thompson)21 With this vote, we are one giant step closer to a new era of campaign finance, a new era of voter confidence in our government, and a new era of better and stronger democracy. . . . We have to restore the money and speech 5.
... votes on BCRA. About 80 percent of Republicans in the House of Representatives and in the Senate voted against McCain-Feingold. More than 90 percent of Democrats in both chambers voted for the bill . In 10 introduction.
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