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.

Judge-made law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 2003

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 recent legislation to curb use of political party, corporate, and labor union soft money as well as soft money used for issue advocacy. Also summarizes pertinent court cases and the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002

Notes:

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Other Format:

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

Publisher Number:

CRS-2003-AML-0233

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