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it restricted spending by banning parties, candidates, and and elected officials from receiving or spending soft money on election campaigns
because incumbent officials recieve more money than their opponents therefore why would these incumbents vote for reform? this would mean they get less money to campaign with "turkeys voting for an early christmas"
The Federal Election Campaign Act added more transparency to political donations. The first amendment of the bill allowed for unlimited spending on activities such as voter turnout. However, a 2007 Supreme Court ruling struck down a ban on union and corporate independent spending that violated the Taft Hartley Act of 1947.
Campaign reform has a great deal of impact on congress. Congressmen/women who are elected tend to outspend their competitors. If any campaign reform occurs new members of congress would surely rise.
While in reform school, Louis Armstrong learned to play the cornet and received formal music instruction. This experience played a significant role in shaping his musical abilities and setting him on the path to becoming a world-renowned jazz musician. Armstrong credited his time in reform school with introducing him to music and helping him develop his talent.
No it is not.
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act
Campiagn finance reform is when corporations give the one of the presidents money for their campaign. If the president that the corporation gave money to wins the campaign then the president will treat that corporation better and special.
The act called the McCain-Feingold campaign reform act is actually the act known as the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, meant to change the financing of political campaigns. The major problem that has been found with the BCRA is that because of a difference of definitions between section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code and BCRA on political organizations and political committees "527 Organizations" are now able to spend unlimited soft money.
The campaign finance reform is the political effort in the United States of America to change the involvement of money in politics, primarily in political campaigns.
The federal election campaign act was to regulate the campaign finance legislation.
In 1974, amendments were made to the Campaign Reform Act that limited the amount of contributions to candidates. These changes also included the creation of the Federal Election Commission.