Analysis & Commentary
Voting Rights & Elections
The Doolittle/Delay Distortions of First Amendment Limits on Campaign Finance Reform
Clearing up John Doolittle and Tom DeLay’s misleading constitutional pronouncements on campaign finance reform.
Authored by: E. Joshua Rosenkranz, Deborah Goldberg
– 05/01/98
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
– 10/13/97
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.
– 05/05/97
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.
– 10/27/96
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
– 04/17/96