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Protecting incumbents. (Correction, Please!).(campaign finance)(Brief Article)
ITEM: During the last three decades, editorialized the February 15th Denver Post, "special interests" have found "new ways to manipulate the system and block further, needed reforms" in political campaigns. "That changed ... when the U.S. House approved the Shays-Meehan measure 240-189 -- a victory for openness and transparency in federal campaigns."
CORRECTION: The House passage of campaign finance legislation was a peculiar victory for openness -- for it slyly increases the role of the federal government, incumbents, and large media organs. A major loser, however, is freedom of speech.
It's already difficult to defeat incumbents. Reelection rates for representatives and senators regularly top 90 percent. Under this legislation, they would be even more secure. Members of Congress can "lie through their teeth on television right on up to, and including, Election Day," says Dr. Thomas Sowell of the Hoover Institution. "But if you correct or challenge what they say with paid ads at the forbidden times, you will be violating federal law. The corrupting ...
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- Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) November 9, 2009 700+ words
...seriously contested for their seats each election. It's time to change the redistricting process in Wisconsin so protecting incumbents is no longer the goal. CAPTION(S): STEVE APPS - State Journal archives Members of the Wisconsin Legislature...
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- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Shapley, Thomas February 16, 1999 700+ words
...say was done by Initiative 134 to campaign finance reform in Seattle and King County...1992 approved I-134's brand of campaign finance reform by a 3-1 ratio statewide...I did. I can honestly say that if campaign finance were not in effect, I probably could...
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- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor Richey, Warren April 21, 2008 700+ words
...the 2002 McCain-Feingold campaign-finance law designed to "level...millionaires' amendment for campaign-finance law exemptions that could...he says, it is aimed at protecting incumbents in ways that violate core...
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- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) September 16, 1989 700+ words
...proposed an end to mass mailings as part of its package of campaign-finance reforms, cheered quietly. Members of the House of Representatives...votes--so that it has become just another device for protecting incumbents. The row about the frank has drawn attention to the overall...
- Inside Campaign Finance: Myths and Realities.
- Magazine article from: Michigan Law Review Phillips, Michael R. May 1, 1994 700+ words
Inside Campaign Finance, Myths and Realities. By Frank...s(1) contributions to the campaign finance debate "anti-reform writing...with those satisfied with the campaign-finance-system status quo(3) or with...
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- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) April 25, 2001 700+ words
...an elephant on campaign finance reform and gave...The source of the campaign finance "problem" stems...Senate-passed campaign finance bill is its ringing...the principle of protecting incumbents. The bill allows...
- A modern paradigm for campaign finance: economic markets and lessons from...
- Magazine article from: Politics & Policy Werfel, Seth October 1, 2008 700+ words
Campaign finance is a perennially contentious issue...applying principles of the market to campaign finance reform will enhance political efficacy...democracy. ********** Campaign finance reform is one of the most hotly...
- Voodoo economics: a look abroad for a supply-side solution to America's...
- Magazine article from: Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law Sanderson, Matthew T. May 1, 2008 700+ words
...at its core, an analogy: U.S. campaign-finance regulation operates like a price ceiling...money-for-access transactions and campaign-finance regulation caps the level of exchange...the United States' century-old campaign-finance riddle. Instead, attention should...
Source: HighBeam Research, Protecting incumbents. (Correction, Please!).(campaign finance)(Brief...