campaign-finance

He may be beset by ethical problems, whether over campaign finance or Whitewater indictments, even conceivably of his wife.

His cynical breaking of a promise to be bound by federal campaign-finance limits was shabby by any standards.

She had organised petitions for campaign-finance reform, with tens of thousands of signatures, but got nowhere.

The Federal Election Commission is an independent regulatory agency charged with administering and enforcing federal campaign finance law.

It would provide new proof that the court is hostile to campaign finance laws without good reason.

Notwithstanding its name, the FEC only supervises and enforces campaign finance laws; it does not actually conduct the elections.

Levi helped Feinstein draft campaign-finance legislation and secure passage of a bill to ban on assault weapons.

The case for campaign-finance curbs goes something like this.

Next there is talk that Mr Reid will put a doomed campaign-finance bill to another vote (it has failed one already).

Since he had started with me as campaign finance director in 1991, he had married and started a family, and he wanted to provide for them.

Critics fear that the political influence of corporations will grow, but some academic specialists in campaign finance aren't so sure.

I've never seen a case where campaign-finance law has had the desired effect, " says Washington-state consultant Brett Bader. "

He has begun a movement to reform campaign finance without consideration for his shareholders, customers, or employees.

And the complexity of campaign-finance law makes it hard even for well-meaning candidates to be sure they are not breaking it.

Jan Witold Baran describes legislation designed to correct problems associated with campaign finance.

This week Clinton intends to put campaign-finance reform and national service on the table.

The modern equivalent is campaign finance offered to politicians on Capitol Hill by hedge funds, investment banks and others.

Tom Lee campaign finance securities investment funds to update placement prospectuses .

Now it may be the turn of the ruling Democrat Party, which is accused of campaign-finance fraud.

Mr McCain has broken with Republican orthodoxy on everything from tax cuts to campaign finance to immigration.

The Center for Responsive Politics has a lot of information about individual MCs, particularly information about campaign finance.

They liked his independent streak and his support for campaign finance reform.

Most of the crimes involve either violating campaign-finance laws or stealing public money.

The spending has drawn howls of protest from good-government groups and advocates of campaign finance reform.

Can the US change campaign finance rules or minimise pork barrelling and gerrymandering?

Specialists in campaign finance law said they expected the decision to reshape the way elections were conducted.

The Republican campaign went smoothly until Nixon faced a campaign finance dispute.

Justices John Stevens and Sandra Connor, upholding new campaign finance rules.

During his time in Washington, Sen. McCain has pushed for campaign finance reform, opposed pork barrel spending and supported the Iraq war.

Another effect of campaign-finance laws is to protect incumbents.

Anybody for meaningful campaign finance reform?

The senators dismissed any idea of campaign finance reform.

Is Campaign Finance Reform the Butterfly that Gave Us Bill Clinton's Presidency?

Campaign finance reform was the most important issue in the election campaign.

In 2003 Canada's scandal-plagued Liberal government sought to clean up its image by reforming the country's campaign-finance rules.

Yet they acknowledged that a debate over campaign finance fed into Obama's central campaign promise of transparency and reform.

What were the major campaign finance trends of 2000, and how did they differ from the immediate past?

And some states have tried to use campaign-finance laws to stifle debate.

He also styles himself a hands -on reformer whohastried to fix America's campaign-finance system.

At the same time, campaign finance reforms passed in the 1970s gradually eroded.

Many corruption scandals stem from the high cost of politics, and unrealistically tight campaign-finance rules

Huckabee acknowledged that campaign finance is no problem, his family supported his candidacy;

The Influence of Federal Campaign Finance Law on U. S. Presidential Elections

The future of campaign finance