4.22.2004
Reforming Campaign Finance Reform
Put up here 'cause we're currently going over it in my Presidential Elections class.
Boston Phoenix article on campaign finance reform:
Boston Phoenix article on campaign finance reform:
McCain-Feingold became law. And with soft money now illegal in the official political system, millions of dollars have been migrating to the unofficial political system — to nonprofit committees known as 527s, so called after a provision in the IRS tax code. These groups can raise and spend soft money on political advertising, provided the spots don’t tell people explicitly to vote for or against Candidate X, and provided they don’t coordinate their activities with an actual political campaign...
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