Campaign Finance

By elijahcramer29

  • Federal Election Campaign Act

    *increased disclosure of contributions for federal campaigns
    *allows political parties to spend unlimited hadr money
    *ammended in 1976 because some parts were found unconstitutional

  • Buckley V. Valeo

    *limits contributions to candidates for federal office
    *led to the creation of the federal electins commitee(FEC)
    *requires discolsure of expenditures
    *limites expenditures

  • Mccain-Feingold/ BCRA

    • this is the law that ammended the federal election vampaign act of 1971 *ncreased role of soft money in campaign financing *increased issue advocacy ads *limited contributions for unions, corporations, PAC's, and parties

  • Citizens United V. federal Election Commition

    *Citizens United had violated BCRA with film critisixing hilary clinton
    *US Supreme Court decided that first ammendment prohibits the government from limiting pilitical independent expenditures

  • SUPER PACS

    *independent expenditure only comitees
    *cannot directly contribute money or plan with candidate
    *quick money making for camoaigns

  • McCutcheon V. Federal Election Commition

    *imposed a limit on individual contributins to national party and fedeeral candidates comitees
    *creates fairness in campaign finances