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Campaign Finance Reform Bills in the 105th Congress: Comparison of H.R. 3581 (Thomas), H.R. 3526 (Shays-Meehan), and Current Law
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On March 30, 1998, the House considered four campaign reform bills under a suspension of rules, focusing on the comprehensive H.R. 3581, offered that day for the Republican leadership by Mr. Thomas; it failed passage on a 74-337 vote. (The bill was similar to H.R. 3485, also by Mr. Thomas, reported by the House Oversight Committee March 18.1) The bill generating the most publicity in the 105th Congress has been S. 25 (McCain-Feingold),2 introduced on March 19 as H.R. 3526 by Messrs. Shays and M…
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Date:
April 13, 1998
Creator:
Cantor, Joseph E.
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Campaign Finance Reform: A Legal Analysis of Issue and Express Advocacy
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Issue advocacy communications have become increasingly popular over the federal election cycles. Often these advertisements could be interpreted to favor or disfavor certain candidates, while also serving to inform the public about a policy issue. However, unlike communications that expressly advocate the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate, the Supreme Court has ruled that issue ads are constitutionally protected First Amendment speech and cannot be regulated.
Date:
May 15, 1998
Creator:
Whitaker, L. Paige
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Campaign Finance Debate in the House: Substitute Amendments to H.R. 2183 (105th Congress)
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This report provides a summary and comparison of the 11 substitute amendments to H.R. 2183, a campaign finance reform bill offered by Representatives Hutchinson and Allen, that, under H. Res. 442, will be in order for consideration by the House. The House began consideration of the bill and these substitute amendments (as well as additional perfecting amendments) on May 21, 1998. This report is intended for use by House Members and staff in preparation for and during House debate and assumes ba…
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Date:
June 10, 1998
Creator:
Cantor, Joseph E.
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Congressional Primary Dates, 1998
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This report lists the dates of 1998 primary elections and, where applicable, runoff primary dates for the states and the District of Columbia.
Date:
June 10, 1998
Creator:
Coleman, Kevin
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Congressional Primary Dates, 1998
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This report lists the dates of 1998 primary elections and, where applicable, runoff primary dates for the states and the District of Columbia. The election dates listed herein were provided by the respective election offices in the states and the District of Columbia; they are the dates for congressional primaries and for other state offices for which primaries will be held in 1998.
Date:
June 10, 1998
Creator:
Coleman, Kevin J.
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Campaign Finance Bills in the 105th Congress: Comparison of H.R. 2183 (Hutchison -Allen), H.R. 3526 (Shays-Meehan), and Current Law
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As pledged by Speaker Gingrich, the House renewed consideration of campaign finance reform in May 1998. The principal bill is H.R. 2183, known as the freshman bipartisan bill, introduced July 17, 1997, by Messrs. Hutchinson and Allen. Selected floor amendments and substitutes will be in order. The legislation that has generated the most publicity in the 105th Congress has been the McCain-Feingold bill (S. 25), offered on March 19, 1998, as H.R. 3526 by Messrs. Shays and Meehan;1 this has also b…
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Date:
July 22, 1998
Creator:
Cantor, Joseph E.
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Campaign Financing
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Concerns over financing federal elections have become a seemingly perennial aspect of our political system. This report discusses the debate regarding campaign finance regulation.
Date:
October 16, 1998
Creator:
Cantor, Joseph E.
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Campaign Financing: Highlights and Chronology of Current Federal Law
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Current law governing financial activity of campaigns for federal office is based on two principal statutes: the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) of 1971, as amended in 1974, 1976, and 1979, and the Revenue Act of 1971. These laws were enacted to remedy widely perceived shortcomings of existing law, the Corrupt Practices Act of 1925, and in response to reports of campaign finance abuses over the years, culminating in the 1972-1974 Watergate scandal. This report provides a summary of major p…
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Date:
June 14, 1999
Creator:
Cantor, Joseph E.
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
The Electoral College: How it Works in Contemporary Presidential Elections
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The Constitution assigns each state a number of electors equal to the combined total of the state’s Senate and House of Representatives delegations; at present, the number of electors per state ranges from three to 55, for a total of 538. This report discuses constitutional origins, the electoral college today and explains the allocation of electors and electoral votes.
Date:
July 21, 1999
Creator:
Neale, Thomas H.
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Election of the President and Vice President by Congress: Contingent Election
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The 12th Amendment to the Constitution requires that candidates for President and Vice President receive a majority of electoral votes (currently 270 or more of a total of 538) to be elected. If no candidate receives a majority, the President is elected by the House of Representatives, and the Vice President is elected by the Senate. This process is referred to as contingent election and is the topic of discussion in this report.
Date:
August 16, 1999
Creator:
Neale, Thomas H.
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
East Timor Crisis: U.S. Policy and Options
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Date:
November 5, 1999
Creator:
Niksch, Larry
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Campaign Finance Bills in the 106th Congress: Comparison of Shays-Meehan, as passed, with McCain-Feingold, as considered
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On September 14, 1999, the House passed the Shays-Meehan bill--H.R. 417, the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act of 1999, as amended, by a vote of 252-177. Senate sponsors of the companion measure, S. 26 (McCain-Feingold), revised their proposal and, on September 16, introduced S. 1593, containing just four sections of H.R. 417 and S. 26. The Senate debated S. 1593 from October 13-20, culminating in unsuccessful cloture votes October 19 on two amendments: Daschle amendment 2298, substituting…
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Date:
January 12, 2000
Creator:
Cantor, Joseph E.
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Campaign Finance Debate in the 106th Congress: Comparison of Measures Under House Consideration
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On September 14, the House passed H.R. 417 on a vote of 252-177, as amended by three perfecting amendments: Bereuter/Wicker #6; Faleomavaega #1; and Sweeney #21. This report features two tables. Table 1 summarizes and compares the ten perfecting amendments, current law, and the Shays-Meehan proposal. Table 2 summarizes and compares current law, the Shays-Meehan bill, and the three substitute amendments.
Date:
January 12, 2000
Creator:
Cantor, Joseph E.
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Campaign Financing
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This is one report in the series of reports that discuss the campaign finance practices and related issues. Concerns over financing federal elections have become a seemingly perennial aspect of our political system, centered on the enduring issues of high campaign costs and reliance on interest groups for needed campaign funds. The report talks about the today’s paramount issues such as perceived loopholes in current law and the longstanding issues: overall costs, funding sources, and competi…
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Date:
January 12, 2000
Creator:
Cantor, Joseph E.
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Campaign Finance: Constitutional and Legal Issues of Soft Money
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Soft money is a major issue in the campaign finance reform debate because these generally unregulated funds are perceived as resulting from a loophole in the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA). Generally, soft money is funds that are raised and spent according to applicable state laws, which FECA prohibits from being spent directly on federal elections, but that may have an indirect influence on federal elections. This Issue Brief discusses three major types of soft money: political party sof…
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Date:
February 4, 2000
Creator:
Whitaker, L. Paige
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Campaign Financing: Highlights and Chronology of Current Federal Law
Description:
Current law governing financial activity of campaigns for federal office is based on two principal statutes: the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) of 1971, as amended in 1974, 1976, and 1979, and the Revenue Act of 1971. These laws were enacted to remedy widely perceived shortcomings of existing law, the Corrupt Practices Act of 1925, and in response to reports of campaign finance abuses over the years, culminating in the 1972-1974 Watergate scandal. This report provides a summary of major p…
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Date:
March 8, 2000
Creator:
Cantor, Joseph E.
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Presidential Elections in the United States: A Primer
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Date:
April 17, 2000
Creator:
Coleman, Kevin J.; Cantor, Joseph E. & Neale, Thomas H.
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527 Organizations: How the Differences in Tax and Election Laws Permit Certain Organizations to Engage in Issue Advocacy without Public Disclosure and Proposals for Change
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This report compares the tax and election laws relating to political organizations and political committees in an attempt to highlight the differences between them, and discusses some of the proposals in the 106th Congress to require additional reporting by organizations engaging in political activities. This report does not address the taxation of other tax-exempt organizations making political expenditures taxable under IRC § 527. The report will be updated as new proposals are reported.
Date:
June 26, 2000
Creator:
Morris, Marie B.
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Campaign Finance: Constitutional and Legal Issues of Soft Money
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"Soft money" has become one of the major issues in the area of campaign financing in federal elections. The controversy surrounding this issue is due to the perception that soft money may be the largest loophole in the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA). Soft money is broadly defined as funds that are raised and spent according to applicable state laws; that would be impermissible, under the FECA, to spend directly in federal elections and that may have an indirect influence on federal electi…
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Date:
August 10, 2000
Creator:
Whitaker, L. Paige
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Campaign Finance Regulation Under the First Amendment:
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This Report first discusses the critical holdings enunciated by the Supreme Court in Buckley, including those: upholding reasonable contribution limits, striking down expenditure limits, upholding disclosure reporting requirements, and upholding the system of voluntary presidential election expenditure limitations linked with public financing. It then examines the Court’s extension of Buckley in fourteen subsequent cases, evaluating them in three regulatory contexts: contribution limits (Califo…
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Date:
September 8, 2000
Creator:
Whitaker, L. Paige & Jennings, Christopher Alan
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Congressional Authority to Standardize National Election Procedures
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Recent events surrounding the Presidential election have led to increased scrutiny of voting procedures in the United States. This report focuses on the constitutional authority and limitations that might be relevant to attempts by Congress to standardize these and other procedures.
Date:
November 27, 2000
Creator:
Thomas, Kenneth R.
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Campaign Finance: Constitutional and Legal Issues of Soft Money
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As in the 105th Congress, many of the 106th Congress bills focus on political party soft money--subjecting contributions, expenditures, or transfers of national political parties to the limitations, prohibitions and reporting requirements of the FECA. Other bills would restrict corporate and labor union soft money. Another major reform proposal would subject certain types of advocacy communications to FECA regulation, either fully or just insofar as disclosure requirements.
Date:
December 11, 2000
Creator:
Whitaker, L. Paige
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Voting Technologies in the United States: Overview and Issues for Congress
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Date:
January 11, 2001
Creator:
Fischer, Eric A.
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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