Campaign Finance Reform by Trevor Potter, Frank Sorauf, Thoma... - 9780815715818

Campaign Finance ReformA Sourcebook\nAuthor(s): Trevor Potter, Frank Sorauf, Thomas E. Mann\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Brookings Institution\nISBN-13: 9780815715818, 978-0815715818\nSynopsis\nThis volume pulls together key documents?statutes, court decisions, FEC advisory opinions, draft legislation?and scholarly articles that are essential references for any informed discussion of campaign finance reform. Each chapter includes a set of reprinted materials preceded by an explanation of the relevant issues by the editors. Topics include the history of federal statutes on campaign finance; major Supreme Court decisions; the constitutional contours of the current debate; a roadmap to the present rules of the game; political action committees; national parties; hard and soft money; express and issue advocacy; enforcing campaign finance law; and recent innovations and proposals.\nThe volume is designed to help reformers and interested.