Campaign finance reform / edited by Christopher Luna.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Luna, Christopher.

Series:

Reference shelf ; v. 73, no. 1.

Reference shelf ; v. 73, no. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Campaign funds--United States--History.

Campaign funds.

Campaign funds--Law and legislation--United States--History.

Campaign funds--Law and legislation.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

viii, 198 pages ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : H.W. Wilson, 2001.

Contents:

I. The History of Campaign Finance in the U.S. 1

1) A History of Federal Campaign Finance Law / Anthony Corrado 5

2) Money Troubles / Dan Froomkin 18

3) Designed for Impotence / Joshua Wolf Shenk 26

4) Scandal of the Past, Present and Future / Ellen Miller, Micah Sifry 32

II. Soft Money: PACs and Issue Advocacy 35

1) Got Money? / Ron Schaumburg, Timothy Kelley 39

2) Moving Money Around Washington / Steven Hayward, Allison R. Hayward 42

3) The New Money Game / Romesh Ratnesar 44

4) Tobacco and Its Money Have Minority Allies in New York / Clifford J. Levy 47

5) Social In-Security / Common Cause 52

6) Bought and Paid For / Mark Hertsgaard 54

7) Corporate Cash Pours Into Conventions / Mike Allen 59

8) Campaign Overhaul Mired In Money and Loopholes / Karen Foerstel, Peter Wallsten, Derek Willis 63

9) Double Down: A Look At Soft Money Fund-Raising by Leadership PACs / Holly Bailey 73

III. The Debate Over Campaign Finance Reform 77

1) The Reform Quandary / Jeremy Lehrer 81

2) One Cheer for Soft Money / Steven E. Schier 88

3) "The First Amendment Is Not a Stop Sign Against Reform." / Bob Schiff 96

4) Campaign Finance Reform: Faulty Assumptions and Undemocratic Consequences / Bradley A. Smith 102

5) Campaign Primer's First Lesson: Cash Flows from Contacts / Guy Gugliotta 111

6) Free Money / James V. DeLong 118

7) A Look at ... Roadblocks to Campaign Reform / Milton S. Gwirtzman 131

8) The First Step in Campaign Finance Reform: Fix the FCC / Pat Choate 135

IV. Steps Toward Reform 139

1) Profiteering from Democracy / Charles Lewis 143

2) Senate Approves Disclosure Measure / Helen Dewar 152

3) Taking Offense / Jonathan Cohn 155

4) The Hard Fight Against Soft Money / William Greider 158

5) Political Reform Comes from Communities / Ric Bainter, Paul Lhevine 165

6) Clean Money in Maine / Marc Cooper 175.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-188) and index.

ISBN:

0824209982

OCLC:

45620646