Inside the Campaign Finance Battle: Court Testimony on the New Reforms

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Anthony Corrado, Thomas E. Mann, Trevor Potter
Rowman & Littlefield, 26 мая 2004 г. - Всего страниц: 333

In 2002 Congress enacted the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA), the first major revision of federal campaign finance law in a generation. In March 2001, after a fiercely contested and highly divisive seven-year partisan legislative battle, the Senate passed S. 27, known as the McCain-Feingold legislation. The House responded by passing H.R. 2356, companion legislation known as Shays-Meehan, in February 2002. The Senate then approved the House-passed version, and President George W. Bush signed BCRA into law on March 27, 2002, stating that the bill had "flaws" but overall "improves the current system of financing for federal campaigns." The Reform Act was taken to court within hours of the President's signature. Dozens of interest groups and lawmakers who had opposed passage of the Act in Congress lodged complaints that challenged the constitutionality of virtually every aspect of the new law. Following review by a special three-judge panel, the case is expected to reach the U.S. Supreme Court in 2003. This litigation constitutes the most important campaign finance case since the Supreme Court issued its decision in Buckley v. Valeo more than twenty-five years ago. The testimony, submitted by some of the country's most knowledgeable political scientists and most experienced politicians, constitutes an invaluable body of knowledge about the complexities of campaign finance and the role of money in our political system. Unfortunately, only the lawyers, political scientists, and practitioners actually involved in the litigation have seen most of this writing—until now. Ins ide the Campaign Finance Battle makes key testimony in this historic case available to a general readership, in the process shedding new light on campaign finance practices central to the congressional debate on the reform act and to the landmark litigation challenging its constitutionality.

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CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
3
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
NOTES
11
PERSONS INTERVIEWED
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
3
INDEX
4-7
Issue Advocacy and the Integrity
189
Rebuttal to the Expert Reports of
201
Rebuttal to Gibson
221
Why the Chamber of Commerce Runs Issue Ads
242
A Consultants View on How Issue Ads
254
PART III
257
Public Views of Party Soft Money
266
The Reform Act Will Not Reduce the
270

ABOUT BROOKINGS
iv
Contents
v
An Explanation
ix
Introduction
1
Parties versus Interest Groups
40
Why Soft Money Has Not Strengthened Parties
49
Why Soft Money Has Strengthened Parties
69
The Need for Federal Regulation
97
POLITICIANS AND PARTY OFFICIALS
116
A Senate Republicans Perspective
119
State Party Activity and the BCRA
125
State Party Activity
137
Role of Federal Officials in
143
Electioneering Communications in Recent
175
Rebuttal to Ayres
278
Campaign Contributions the Appearance
285
Large Contributions Are Given
302
Elected Officials Often Used to Obtain
305
How My SoftMoney Contributions Have
315
OFFICEHOLDEr Perspectives
317
Consequences of Members Soliciting Soft Money
319
Why I Dont
322
Congress Is Mired in Corrupt Soft Money
324
Parties Support Members Who FundRaise
328
Corruption Is Not an Issue in American Politics
329
PARTY CHAIR PERSPECTIVES
330
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