Campaign Finance : Constitutional and Legal Issues of Soft Money.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Campaign funds.

Constitutional law.

Corporations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (12 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2005.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Analyzes constitutional and legal issues involved in use of "soft money," funds not subject to regulation under the Federal Election Campaign Act but that appear to be raised and spent in an effort to affect federal elections. Covers political party soft money, corporate and labor union soft money, and soft money used for issue advocacy. Summarizes provisions of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 addressing political party soft money and soft money spent on issue advocacy.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Campaign Finance

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