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	Federal Election Campaign Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Federal Election Campaign Act is an American law passed in 1971 to increase disclosure of contributions for federal campaigns and amended in 1974 to place legal limits on the campaign contributions.
		Public funding of federal elections originally proposed by President Roosevelt in 1907 began to take shape in 1971 when Congress set up the income tax checkoff to provide for the financing of Presidential general election campaigns and national party conventions.
		The Supreme Court struck down two provisions of the 1974 amendments to the Act, namely limits on spending by campaigns and on the amount of money a candidate could donate to his or her own campaign in Buckley v.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Federal_Election_Campaign_Act (781 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: Campaign Finance Special Report
		Campaign finance rules were dramatically overhauled in the 1970s.
		The Federal Election Campaign Act amendments of 1974:
		And established the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to be the campaign police.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/politics/special/campfin/intro3.htm (447 words)

	Federal Election Commission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is an independent regulatory agency created in 1975 by Congress to administer and enforce campaign finance legislation in the United States.
		Though the agency disputes this characterization, critics reply that most FEC penalties for violating election law come well after the actual election in which they were committed.
		Campaigns are legally prohibited from using these data to solicit new individual donor (and sometimes there are false names inserted as a measure to prevent this), however they may use this information to solict Political Action Committees.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Federal_Election_Commission (403 words)

	Committee on House Administration :bills referred:
		To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require candidates for election for the House of Representatives or the Senate to raise at least 50 percent for their contributions from individuals residing in the district or State involved, and for other purposes.
		To amend the Federal election Campaign Act of 1971 to limit the amount of contribution which may be made to a candidate for election to the Senate or the House of Representatives by an individual who is not eligible to vote in the State or Congressional district involved, and for other purposes.
		To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require that communications advocating the election or defeat of a candidate for election for Federal office contain specific information regarding the sponsor of the communication and whether or not the communication is authorized by the candidate involved.
	www.house.gov /cha/n106th1.htm (4811 words)

	American Civil Liberties Union
		The campaign finance law reflects the economics of the mass media, where speaking effectively is expensive and those with extensive resources can literally outbid less well financed interests for the right to speak.
		In addition, the campaign finance law assumes that the content of political speech (at least the political speech that matters) will be controlled by a relatively small set of entities created to influence elections.
		The stated goal of FECA was to "broaden the diversity of groups that can have an input on the election process" and to "return our electoral process to the people." Election law supporters argue that large contributors are able to buy influence with legislators.
	www.aclu.org /FreeSpeech/FreeSpeech.cfm?ID=8807&c=20 (5596 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		``(B) Threshold amount.-- ``(i) State-by-state competitive and fair campaign formula.--In this subsection, the threshold amount with respect to an election cycle of a candidate described in subparagraph (A) is an amount equal to the sum of-- ``(I) $150,000; and ``(II) $0.04 multiplied by the voting age population.
		(c) Increase in Senatorial Campaign Committee Limit.--Section 315(h) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(h)) is amended by striking ``$17,500'' and inserting ``$35,000''.
		(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 315(a)(1) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended by section 304(a), is amended by striking ``subsection (i),'' and inserting ``subsection (i) and section 315A,''.
	www.cfinst.org /eguide/update/PL-107-155.htm (4908 words)

	RCR - WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
		Election rigging through vote fraud may occur from time to time, but election rigging through law making is safer, more effective, and sadly, far more prevalent.
		The law only allows you to give $1,000 per election to the candidate of your choice, not nearly enough to counteract the publicity the corporate media gives to the candidates it chooses, or the legal advantages the ruling parties have conferred on themselves.
		You can give a legal limit of $20,000 per year to party committees to support federal candidates, but it is illegal for you to direct the party to spend that money on a particular candidate or in a particular way.
	www.realcampaignreform.org /what_you_should_know.htm (2880 words)

	Repeal The Federal Election Campaign Act
		Campaign finance laws restrict grassroots influence and that protects the political interest of approximately 4% of our U.S. population, who finance federal election campaigns.
		Prior to the Federal Campaign Act American citizens did not need to ask anyone permission to participate in politics and that was what the 1st Amendment intended.
		Federal campaign laws have not leveled the playing field and made it easier for challengers or independent parties (although 1/3rd of Americans are no registered as Independents).
	www.ofbyandfor.org /node/view/1234 (2079 words)

	S. 600 - Federal Election Campaign Criminal Penalty Enhancement Act
		S. To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to enhance criminal penalties for election law violations, to clarify current provisions of law regarding donations from foreign nationals, and for other purposes.
		To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to enhance criminal penalties for election law violations, to clarify current provisions of law regarding donations from foreign nationals, and for other purposes.
		Section 320 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441f) is amended by inserting `or donation' after `contribution' each place it appears.
	www.theorator.com /bills107/s600.html (799 words)

	Find in a Library: Federal election campaign act amendments, 1976 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Privileges and ...
		Find in a Library: Federal election campaign act amendments, 1976 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Privileges and Elections, of the Committee on Rules and Administration, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, second session...
		Federal election campaign act amendments, 1976 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Privileges and Elections, of the Committee on Rules and Administration, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, second session...
		Campaign funds -- Law and legislation -- United States.
	www.worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/182551fdd4f54673.html (100 words)

	McCain-Feingold (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 4 31 et seq.) (as amended by section 201) is amended by adding at th e end the following: SEC.
		Section 309(a)(5)(B) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 437g(a)(5)(B)) is amended by striking `the greater of $1 0,000 or an amount equal to 200 percent' and inserting `the greate r of $15,000 or an amount equal to 300 percent'.
		Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 4 31 et seq.) is amended by striking section 313 and inserting the foll owing: SEC.
	govt.mckenna.edu /jpitney/fein.html (802 words)

	Text of S. 25, McCain-Feingold, 105th Congress
		315(a)(3) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(3)) is amended by striking `$25,000' and inserting `$30,000'.
		Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434) (as amended by section 203) is
		Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) is
	www.nationalcenter.org /McCainFeingold.html (6473 words)

	LexisNexis(TM) Congressional - Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		(c) Increase in Senatorial Campaign Committee Limit.--Section 315(h) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(h)) is amended by striking "$ 17,500" and inserting "$ 35,000".
		(a) In General.--Section 406(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. (a)) is amended by striking "3" and inserting "5".
		Section 319(b)(2) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441e(b)(2)) is amended by inserting after "United States" the following: "or a national of the United States (as defined in section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act)".
	www.ume.maine.edu /martins/JMC375WEB/BCRA.htm (10207 words)

	Untitled (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Nothing in this subsection shall prevent a principal campaign committee of a candidate for State or local office from raising and spending funds permitted under applicable State law other than for a Federal election activity that refers to another clearly identified candidate for election to Federal office.
		such disbursement or contracting shall be treated as a contribution to the candidate supported by the electioneering communication and as an expenditure by that candidate; and'.
		Section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434) (as amended by section 201) is amended--
	www.senate.gov /~feingold/issuearea/s27.html (3943 words)

	What's Wrong With Politics and Can Technology Do Anything To Fix It?
		Take for example big agriculture, which gives 60 million dollars in campaign donations during the last election cycle and received 12 billion dollars of subsidies in return.
		The Dean campaign, which ended all too soon, and other new political organizations like Moveon represent a first generation of powerful net-based communities in which the collective power of a mass of people makes a difference.
		While it’s true and remarkable that the Dean campaign raised over $50 million, much of it in small contributions via the net, it misses the larger point that the Deaniacs represented an embryonic mass movement for change.
	www.ofbyandfor.org /node/view/610 (1449 words)

	Shays - Meehan Campaign Finance Reform Bill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Section 319(d)(2) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441e(d)(2)), as amended and redesignated by sections 506(b) and 511(a), is further amended by inserting after `United States' the following: `or a national of the United States (as defined in section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act)'.
		It is the sense of the Congress that Federal law clearly demonstrates that `controlling legal authority' under title 18, United States Code, prohibits the use of Federal Government property to raise campaign funds.
		The Federal Election Commission shall prescribe any regulations required to carry out this Act and the amendments made by this Act not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
	www.reclaimamerica.org /temporarypages/shaysmeehan.html (9955 words)

	S. 25 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		`(iii) a communication that refers to a clearly identified candidate for Federal office (regardless of whether a candidate for State or local office is also mentioned or identified) and is made for the purpose of influencing a Federal election (regardless of whether the communication is express advocacy).
		Section 309(a)(2) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 437g(a)(2)) is amended by striking `reason to believe that' and inserting `reason to investigate whether'.
		Except as otherwise provided in this Act, this Act and the amendments made by this Act take effect on the date that is 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act or January 1, 1998, whichever occurs first.
	feingold.senate.gov /issuearea/s25.html (5769 words)

	Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA), Brookings Institution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		For the full text of the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA), please click here (courtesy of the Cornell Legal Information Institute website).
		Section 431 defines key concepts, which establish the scope of FECA's coverage.
		FECA's contribution limits for PACs, individuals, and parties, § 441a
	www.brook.edu /dybdocroot/gs/cf/FECA.htm (97 words)

	Federal Election Campaign Reports - Office of the Clerk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Federal Election Campaign Reports - Office of the Clerk
		The Federal Election Commission (FEC) web site offers an historical background of federal campaign finance law and the origins of the Federal Election Campaign reports.
		Federal Election Campaign reports filed by candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives, Presidential candidates, Political Action Committees, and Political Party Committees are available through the FEC web site.
	clerk.house.gov /pd/fec.html (110 words)

	Hatch Act
		Specifically, Letter Carriers and all union officials and volunteers need to be aware of both the Hatch Act and the Federal Election Campaign Act (or FECA), the laws that govern our contributions in the election process.
		These pages on the Hatch Act and the Federal Election Campaign Act address many of the issues Letter Carriers will face—along with many of the issues we have heard about from our members over the past few years.
		The full list of restricted agencies along with more information regarding the Hatch Act and FECA can be found on the Web pages of the Office of Special Counsel and the Federal Election Commission.
	www.nalc.org /depart/legpol/hachact1.html (246 words)

	Campaign Finance, October 2000, Volume 1, Issue 1 from Holland & Knight LLP
		Campaign Finance, October 2000, Volume 1, Issue 1 from Holland & Knight LLP
		Federal Campaign Finance Law: The Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA)
		Arguments are of the wrong type, are out of acceptable range, or are in conflict with one another.
	www.hklaw.com /Publications/Newsletters.asp?ID=160&Article=759 (41 words)

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		To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to clarify when organizations described in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 must register as political committees, and for other purposes.
		This Act may be cited as the `527 Reform Act of 2005'.
		The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date which is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
	www.tray.com /s271.html (1727 words)

	PoliticalMoneyLine
		His campaign committee, Oxley For Congress, had $383,026 cash-on-hand as of 9/30.
		These amendments, as well as those filed for the federal PAC account, the legal defense fund, and the Ethics in Government Act, all appear to be part of a concerted effort to keep current on all required reporting.
		Ben S. Bernanke, nominated this week to be the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, filed a personal financial disclosure report on March 21, 2005 for his position as Member, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System.
	www.tray.com /fecinfo (1878 words)

	Money - Soft Money (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In response to Florida and the 2000 Election, Congress in 2002 passed the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), which promised federal money for state voting reforms.
		Supreme Court ruling on campaign finance leaves GOP with the edge in raising funds.
		Political funds raised outside the regulations and laws of the Federal Election Campaign Act.
	www.money-alert.com /SoftMoney (755 words)

	soft money (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Presenting political news, and the actual political positions of the parties and candidates, as well as disclosing how much campaign money they have raised and where it came from.
		Soft money means all political money which is not limited by the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA).
		The campaign finance reform legislation moving through Congress is a major step toward getting money out of politics -- but only the first that needs to be taken.
	www.financial-supersite.com /articles/143/soft-money.html (524 words)

	FEC - dKosopedia
		The Federal Election Commission (FEC) was created in 1975 to administer and enforce the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA).
		The FEC is an independent regulatory commission responsible for enforcing electoral law and monitoring compliance with campaign funding rules.
		Each member is appointed by the President and approved by the Senate.
	www.dkosopedia.com /index.php/FEC (108 words)

	Prentice Hall Documents Library: Federal Election Campaign Act (1974) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Prentice Hall Documents Library: Federal Election Campaign Act (1974)
		In response, Congress enacted several statutes between 1907 and 1966 which, taken together, sought to:
		Valeo ; major amendments were also made in 1979 to streamline the disclosure process and expand the role of political parties.
	cwx.prenhall.com /bookbind/pubbooks/burns7/medialib/Election/election.htm (411 words)

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