Inside the campaign finance battle : court testimony on the new reforms, Anthony Corrado, Thomas E. Mann, and Trevor Potter, editors

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Inside the campaign finance battle : court testimony on the new reforms, Anthony Corrado, Thomas E. Mann, and Trevor Potter, editors

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court testimony on the new reforms

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Anthony Corrado, Thomas E. Mann, and Trevor Potter, editors

Instantiates

• Inside the campaign finance battle : court testimony on the new reforms

Publication

• Washington, D.C., Brookings Institution Press, c2003

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Contents

The rise of soft money / Thomas E. Mann -- Parties versus interest groups / Sydney M. Milkis -- Why soft money has not strengthened parties / Jonathan S. Krasno and Frank Sorauf -- Why soft money has strengthened parties / Raymon J. La Raja -- The need for federal regulation of state party activity / Donald Green -- A Senate Democrat's perspective / David Boren -- A Senate Republicans perspective / Alan K. Simpson -- Mobilizing voters: the coordinated campaign / Gail Stolz -- State party activity and the BCRA / Kathleen Bowler -- State party activity under the Levin Admendment / Mark Brewer -- Role of federal officials in state party fund-raising / Mitch McConnell -- Party and interest group electioneering in federal elections / David B. Magleby -- Electioneering communications in recent elections : the case for a new standard / Kenneth M. Goldstein -- Issue advocacy and the integrity of the political process / Jonathan S. Krasno and Frank J. Sorauf -- Rebuttal to the expert reports of Kenneth M. Goldstein and Jonathan S. Krasno and Frank J. Sorauf / James L. Gibson -- Rebuttal to Gibson / Jonathan S. Krasno -- The National Association of Manufacturers' advertising helps lobby Congress / Paul R. Huard -- Why the Chamber of Commerce runs issue ads / R. Bruce Josten -- How the Reform Act adversely affects the the Associated Builders and Contractors / Edward L. Monroe -- A practitioner looks at how issue groups select and target federal candidates / Rocky Pennington -- How issue ads are designed to target federal candidates without 'express advocacy" / Douglas L. Bailey -- A consultant's view on how issue ads shaped a Congressional election / Terry S. Beckett -- Public attitudes toward campaign finance practice and reform / Robert Y. Shapiro -- Public views of party soft money / Mark Mellman and Richard Wirthlin -- The Reform Act will not reduce the appearance of corruption in American politics / Whitfield Ayres -- Rebuttal to Ayres / Robert Y. Shapiro -- Campaign contributions, the appearance of corruption, and trust in government / David M. Primo -- Large contributions provide unequal access / Robert Rozen -- Corporate America contributes soft money under pressure / Gerald Greenwald -- Large contributions are given to influence legislation / Robert W. Hickmott -- Elected officials often used to obtain large donations for the parties / Wade Randlett -- Why I participate in a corrupt system / Peter L. Buttenwieser -- How my soft money contributions have helped elect good federal candidates / Steven T. Kirsch -- How the Senate was corrupted by soft money / Paul Simon -- Consequences of members soliciting soft money / Warren Rudman -- A cosponsor's prespective : why I don't raise soft money for the party / Christopher Shays -- Congress is mired in corrupt soft money / John McCain -- Parties support members who fund-raise / Dale Bumpers -- Corruption is not an issue in American politics / Mitch McConnell -- Parties undermined by soft money / Donald Fowler -- Parties weakened by appearance of corruption / William E. Brock

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000024899786

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23 cm

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x, 333 p.

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9780815715832

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• 20276606ab
• (OCoLC)52110394