Campaign Finance [electronic resource] : Constitutional and Legal Issues of Soft Money

Corporate Author:: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Published:: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2005.
Physical Description:: 11 pages : digital, PDF file

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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. Provides background on 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.

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