The conventional wisdom is that genuine campaign finance reform is again doomed to defeat in the upcoming weeks, a victim of incumbents' sense that the current rules serve their needs well.
Like the cock of the walk, Senator Mitch McConnell strutted across the Senate floor, preening his new First Amendment feathers and pecking to death the latest (and most modest) of campaign finance reforms set before that body.
The Senate killed campaign finance reform last week. Chairman Fred Thompson has the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee once again looking for fund-raising misdeeds. Now the committee is looking into the relationship between the Teamsters and the Democr
Prominent members of Congress recently executed a brilliant three-step strategy for killing campaign finance reform, all the while disguising themselves as reformers.
Measures to reform the way we finance political campaigns are dropping like flies. Buckley v. Valeo, the landmark Supreme Court case that occupies the field of campaign finance reform, has been invoked by courts at all levels to frustrate popular r
As a former campaign organizer, I recently appeared on some radio call-in shows to talk about political financing. The shows aired a common complaint -- that politicians have become slaves to fund-raising and TV advertising.
As irate voters lash out at politicians unwilling to end the corrupting influence of money on politics, they should realize that another obstacle blocks genuine reform: Buckley v. Valeo, a 20-year-old Supreme Court decision that prohibits campaign
The Incumbents' Case for (Some) Campaign Finance Reform
The conventional wisdom is that genuine campaign finance reform is again doomed to defeat in the upcoming weeks, a victim of incumbents' sense that the current rules serve their needs well.
How Was Campaign-Finance Reform Killed? By Twisting What the High Court Said
Like the cock of the walk, Senator Mitch McConnell strutted across the Senate floor, preening his new First Amendment feathers and pecking to death the latest (and most modest) of campaign finance reforms set before that body.
Senators: Look to the Teamsters
The Senate killed campaign finance reform last week. Chairman Fred Thompson has the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee once again looking for fund-raising misdeeds. Now the committee is looking into the relationship between the Teamsters and the Democr
Campaign Reform: The Hidden Killers
Prominent members of Congress recently executed a brilliant three-step strategy for killing campaign finance reform, all the while disguising themselves as reformers.
Clean and Constitutional
Measures to reform the way we finance political campaigns are dropping like flies. Buckley v. Valeo, the landmark Supreme Court case that occupies the field of campaign finance reform, has been invoked by courts at all levels to frustrate popular r
Campaigns Without a Human Face; Once There Were Volunteers and Door-Knockers; Now Only Money Matters
As a former campaign organizer, I recently appeared on some radio call-in shows to talk about political financing. The shows aired a common complaint -- that politicians have become slaves to fund-raising and TV advertising.
Handcuffing Campaign Reform
As irate voters lash out at politicians unwilling to end the corrupting influence of money on politics, they should realize that another obstacle blocks genuine reform: Buckley v. Valeo, a 20-year-old Supreme Court decision that prohibits campaign
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