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				U.S. Congress & Politics  Campaigns & Elections  Campaign Finance   Document Name    Date   Document Type      Legislative Analysis Randall v. Sorrell   Jun. 26, 2006 Case Summary   2001 Legislative Analysis 2000 Legislative Summary: Campaign Finance   2000 Legislative Analysis 2002 Legislative Summary: Campaign Finance   Dec. 7, 2002 Legislative Analysis 2010 Key House Vote: Campaign Finance Disclosure   Jan. 3, 2011 Legislative Analysis 2010 Key Senate Vote: Campaign Finance Disclosure   Jan. 3, 2011 Legislative Analysis 2010 Legislative Summary: Campaign Finance Disclosure   Dec. 27, 2010 Legislative Analysis 2016 Election Preview: Early Money Flows Into Senate Races   Sep. 28, 2015 Legislative Analysis 527 Groups Are So 2008   Jul. 23, 2012 Legislative Analysis '527' Political Action Committees (PACs), 2000 Legislative Chronology   2000 - 2000 Legislative Analysis A 'Trump Effect' for Companies Disclosing Campaign Cash   Nov. 12, 2019 Legislative Analysis Airtime Provision Stripped   Mar. 2, 2002 Legislative Analysis As Campaign Finance Debate Nears, Maneuvers and Worries Intensify   2001 Legislative Analysis As Groups File Lawsuits, Bush Spurns Signing Ceremony For 'Flawed' Fundraising Law   Mar. 30, 2002 Legislative Analysis Attorney General Reno on Rejecting Call for Special Counsel, 1997   Apr. 14, 1997 Primary Source Austin, Michigan Secretary of State v. Michigan State Chamber of Commerce: Brief Summary   Mar. 27, 1990 Case Summary Backers Hope Presidential Race Confers Front-Burner Status On Campaign Finance Overhaul     Legislative Analysis Bankers Jump Into Midterm Ad Fray   May 7, 2018 Legislative Analysis Bill Says Its Own Provisions May Be Challenged in Court Right Away   Mar. 23, 2002 Legislative Analysis Billionaire Donors Bypass K Street   Jul. 6, 2015 Legislative Analysis Bread Political Action Committee v. Federal Election Commission (455 U.S. 577): Brief Summary   Mar. 8, 1982 Case Summary Brown v. Socialist Workers '74 Campaign Committee (Ohio) (459 U.S. 81): Brief Summary   Dec. 8, 1982 Case Summary Buckley v. Valeo: Brief Summary   Jan. 31, 1976 Case Summary Buckley v. Valeo: U.S. Supreme Court on the Constitutionality of Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971. Chief Justice W. E. Burger, Justices B. R. White, T. Marshall, H. A. Blackmun, W. H. Rehnquist   Jan. 30, 1976 Primary Source Business Dollars Shifted Left in 2018   Mar. 11, 2019 Legislative Analysis California Medical Association v. Federal Election Commission (453 U.S. 182): Brief Summary   Jun. 26, 1981 Case Summary Campaign Donations: Anonymity Optional   Nov. 1, 2010 Legislative Analysis Campaign Finance Bill Evokes Opportunity and Trepidation   Mar. 2, 2002 Legislative Analysis Campaign Finance Bill Finds New Energy in Enron Ruins   Jan. 19, 2002 Legislative Analysis Campaign Finance Bill Wins Its Day on the House Floor   Jan. 26, 2002 Legislative Analysis Campaign Finance Bill, 1997 Legislative Chronology   1997 Legislative Analysis Campaign Finance Bills Target 527s   2005 Legislative Analysis Campaign Finance Case On Fast Track   Jun. 7, 2003 Legislative Analysis Campaign Finance Court Date Set   Apr. 27, 2002 Legislative Analysis Campaign Finance Debate Turns to Courts for Closure   Nov. 30, 2002 Legislative Analysis Campaign Finance Fight Turns to Donations Limit   Sep. 23, 2013 Legislative Analysis Campaign Finance Finale Puts McConnell on the Spot   Feb. 23, 2002 Legislative Analysis Campaign Finance Kickoff   2001 Legislative Analysis Campaign Finance Law Provisions   May 18, 2002 Legislative Analysis Campaign Finance Law's Future Uncertain After Day in Court   Sep. 13, 2003 Legislative Analysis Campaign Finance Outcome Now in Daschle's Hands   Feb. 16, 2002 Legislative Analysis Campaign Finance Overhaul, 1999 Legislative Chronology   1999 Legislative Analysis Campaign Finance Passage Ends a Political Odyssey   Mar. 23, 2002 Legislative Analysis Campaign Finance Reform     CQ Researcher Campaign Finance Reform, 1973 Legislative Chronology   1973 Legislative Analysis Campaign Finance Reform, 1974 Legislative Chronology   1974 Legislative Analysis Campaign Finance Reform, 1997-1998 Legislative Chronology   1997 - 1998 Legislative Analysis Campaign Finance Reports, 1995-1996 Legislative Chronology   1995 - 1996 Legislative Analysis Campaign Finance Showdown   Nov. 22, 2002 CQ Researcher Campaign Finance Spending Regulations, 1993-1994 Legislative Chronology   1993 - 1994 Legislative Analysis Campaign Finance's Deregulation Option   Jul. 9, 2007 Legislative Analysis Campaign Finance's Paradox: Opposite Sides Unite for Legal Battle   Nov. 30, 2002 Legislative Analysis Campaign Finance, 1985-1986 Legislative Chronology   1985 - 1986 Legislative Analysis Campaign Finance, 1987-1988 Legislative Chronology   1987 - 1988 Legislative Analysis Campaign Finance, 1989-1990 Legislative Chronology   1989 - 1990 Legislative Analysis Campaign Finance, 1991-1992 Legislative Chronology   1991 - 1992 Legislative Analysis Campaign Finance, 1993-1994 Legislative Chronology   1993 - 1994 Legislative Analysis Campaign Finance, 1995-1996 Legislative Chronology   1995 - 1996 Legislative Analysis Campaign Finance, 1999-2000 Legislative Chronology   1999 - 2000 Legislative Analysis Campaign Finance, 2001-2002 Legislative Chronology   2001 - 2002 Legislative Analysis Campaign Finance: GOP Hopes to Cut Regulations, Expand Donations   Jan. 9, 2017 Legislative Analysis Campaign Finance   2005 - 2006 Legislative Analysis Campaign Law Revision, 1977-1980 Legislative Chronology   1977 - 1980 Legislative Analysis Campaign Overhaul Mired In Money and Loopholes     Legislative Analysis Campaign Overhaul Proponents Consider Action Against FEC For New 'Soft Money' Rule   Jun. 22, 2002 Legislative Analysis Campaign Pay to Spouses   2007 - 2008 Legislative Analysis Campaign Spending for Winning Congressional Candidates, 19752004   1975 - 2004 Facts & Figures Campaign Spending, 1969-1972 Legislative Chronology   1969 - 1972 Legislative Analysis Casino CEO Adelson Ups the Ante on Giving   Dec. 17, 2012 Legislative Analysis Challenge to Campaign Finance Law Is Eleven Lawsuits in One   Aug. 30, 2003 Legislative Analysis Checks and Balance: Skirting Rules in the Big Money Game   Jun. 8, 2015 Legislative Analysis Citizens Against Rent Control/Coalition for Fair Housing v. City of Berkeley (454 U.S. 290): Brief Summary   Dec. 14, 1981 Case Summary Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission   Jan. 21, 2010 Case Summary Clinton Scandals: Campaign Financing Practices   1996 - 2000 Legislative Analysis Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee v. Federal Election Commission: Brief Summary   Jun. 26, 1996 Case Summary Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee v. Federal Election Commission: Detailed Summary   Jun. 26, 1996 Case Summary Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee v. Federal Election Commission: Opinion Excerpt   Jun. 26, 1996 Primary Source Concerns About Money in Politics Empower Individual Donors   Mar. 11, 2019 Legislative Analysis Congressional Campaign Costs, by Party and Incumbency Status, 19932004   1993 - 2004 Facts & Figures Contribution Limits under Federal Election Commission Act, 2001   2001 Facts & Figures Contribution Limits Under the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002   2002 Facts & Figures Convention Contributions Down and More Discreet   Aug. 27, 2012 Legislative Analysis Court Loosens Campaign Spending Law   Jan. 25, 2010 Legislative Analysis Critics Say Political Groups Formed To Evade New Fundraising Rules   Nov. 30, 2002 Legislative Analysis Davis v. Federal Election Commission     Case Summary DCCC Rakes in New Money As Business Hedges Its Bets   2000 Legislative Analysis Debate Set For Campaign Finance Bill   2001 Legislative Analysis Debating McCain-Feingold   2001 Legislative Analysis Democracy Has Become A Cash Cow   Feb. 2, 2015 Legislative Analysis Diverse Three-Judge Panel Will Hear Challenge to Campaign Finance Law   May 4, 2002 Legislative Analysis Election Overhaul Regains Spotlight With Introduction of Competing Bills To Assist States and Set Standards   2001 Legislative Analysis Electronic Filing   2007 - 2008 Legislative Analysis Ethics Code Rewrite, 1989-1990   1989 Legislative Analysis FEC Passes for Now on Regulating '527' Political Organizations; Congress to Hold Oversight Hearing   May 15, 2004 Legislative Analysis FEC Regulations Snubbed   Jun. 1, 2002 Legislative Analysis Fed Up With Fiscal Fights, Business Enters the Fray   Oct. 21, 2013 Legislative Analysis Federal Election Comm’n V. Beaumont   Jun. 16, 2003 Case Summary Federal Election Commission (FEC) and 527s, 2003-2004 Legislative Chronology   2003 - 2004 Legislative Analysis Federal Election Commission Authorization, Fiscal Year 1981   1980 Legislative Analysis Federal Election Commission v. Akins: Brief Summary   Jun. 1, 1998 Case Summary Federal Election Commission v. Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee   Jun. 25, 2001 Case Summary Federal Election Commission v. Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (454 U.S. 27): Brief Summary   Nov. 10, 1981 Case Summary Federal Election Commission v. Massachusetts Citizens for Life: Brief Summary   Dec. 15, 1986 Case Summary Federal Election Commission v. National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC), Democratic Party of the United States v. NCPAC: Brief Summary   Mar. 18, 1985 Case Summary Federal Election Commission v. National Conservative Political Action Committee, Democratic Party and Democratic National Committee v. NCPAC: U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Congressional Authority to Limit Spending by Political Action Committees   Mar. 18, 1985 Primary Source Federal Election Commission v. National Right to Work Committee (459 U.S. 197): Brief Summary   Dec. 13, 1982 Case Summary Federal Election Commission v. NRA Political Victory Fund: Brief Summary   Dec. 6, 1994 Case Summary Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc.,   May 25, 2007 Case Summary Female Donors Could Again Shatter Records in 2020 Elections   Jun. 3, 2019 Legislative Analysis Finance Battle Shifts to the Courts   2002 Legislative Analysis For Democrats, Breaking Up With Big Money Is Hard to Do   Jun. 3, 2019 Legislative Analysis Fred Thompson's Free Media Bonanza   Apr. 16, 2007 Legislative Analysis From Pundit to PAC Rat   Jun. 6, 2011 Legislative Analysis Full Disclosure Is No Longer the Conservative Position on Campaign Finance   Jul. 24, 2017 Legislative Analysis GOP Cashes In On New Campaign Finance Rules   Apr. 27, 2015 Legislative Analysis Gore News Conference on Fundraising Role, 1997   Mar. 3, 1997 Primary Source House Action on Campaign Finance Reform, 1999-2000   1999 - 2000 Legislative Analysis Impeachment Hearings Spark a Campaign Advertising Onslaught   Nov. 18, 2019 Legislative Analysis Income Tax Checkoff, 1973 Legislative Chronology   1973 Legislative Analysis Internet Speech   2005 - 2006 Legislative Analysis Interview by W. Cronkite with C. Rebozo, Friend of President R. Nixon   Dec. 19, 1973 Primary Source Investment Credit-Campaign Fund, 1967 Legislative Chronology   1967 Legislative Analysis Judge Tells FEC to Think Again   Apr. 3, 2006 Legislative Analysis Justices Revisit Campaign Finance   Aug. 30, 2003 Legislative Analysis Keller v. State Bar of California: Brief Summary   Jun. 4, 1990 Case Summary Key Provisions in FEC Regulations   Jun. 22, 2002 Legislative Analysis Labor's High Hopes Matched by Money   Sep. 29, 2008 Legislative Analysis Liberals Moved to the Dark Side in 2018 Campaigns   Feb. 4, 2019 Legislative Analysis Limitations on PACs, 1977-1980 Legislative Chronology   1977 - 1980 Legislative Analysis Little Light for Dark Money   Nov. 12, 2012 Legislative Analysis Lobbying of Black and Hispanic Caucuses Heats Up as Debate Draws Closer On Campaign Finance Overhaul   Feb. 2, 2002 Legislative Analysis 'Max PACs' Poised to Exploit Supreme Court Decision on Campaign Finance   May 5, 2014 Legislative Analysis McCain-Feingold Campaign Financing Bill, 1998 Legislative Chronology   1998 Legislative Analysis McCain-Feingold Survives Hard Fight Over Soft Money   2001 Legislative Analysis McConnell v. Federal Election Commission: Opinion Excerpt   Dec. 10, 2003 Primary Source McConnell, United States Senator v. Federal Election Commission   Dec. 10, 2003 Case Summary McCormick v. United States: Brief Summary   May 23, 1991 Case Summary Mixed Signals, Hard Feelings   Feb. 16, 2002 Legislative Analysis Murky Campaign Finance Ruling Puts 'Soft Money' Raising on Hold   May 10, 2003 Legislative Analysis New Adventures in Beer Boycotts   May 1, 2017 Legislative Analysis New FEC Members Look Ahead, Not Behind   Oct. 4, 2013 Legislative Analysis Nixon, Attorney General of Missouri v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC: Brief Summary   Jan. 24, 2000 Case Summary Nixon, Attorney General of Missouri v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC: Detailed Summary   Jan. 24, 2000 Case Summary Nixon, Attorney General of Missouri v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC: Opinion Excerpt   Jan. 24, 2000 Primary Source O'Hare Truck Service, Inc. v. City of Northlake: Brief Summary   Jun. 28, 1996 Case Summary Opponents of Shays-Meehan Bet It All on a Conference   Feb. 9, 2002 Legislative Analysis PAC Congressional Campaign Contributions, by Type of PAC and Incumbency Status of Candidate, 19872004 (Millions)   1987 - 2004 Facts & Figures Parties Work Overtime to Fill Coffers As Soft Money Edges Toward Extinction   Feb. 16, 2002 Legislative Analysis Party Contributions and Coordinated Expenditures, by Office and Party, 19852004   1985 - 2004 Facts & Figures 'People Power' May Lead to Low-Wattage Event   Sep. 3, 2012 Legislative Analysis Pipefitters Local Union v. U.S.: Brief Summary   Jun. 22, 1972 Case Summary Polishing the Industry's Image   2001 Legislative Analysis Political Contributions and Campaign Spending, 1965-1968 Overview   1965 - 1968 Legislative Analysis Politicking Under Cover   Sep. 17, 2012 Legislative Analysis Power of the Purse: Women Are Reshaping the Political Landscape   Oct. 23, 2017 Legislative Analysis President George Bush on Beck Executive Order Requiring Federal Contractors to Notify Nonunion Employees That Union Dues They Are Required To Pay Cannot Be Used for Political Activities the Employees Oppose   Apr. 13, 1992 Primary Source Probe into 1996 Democratic Fundraising, 1997 Legislative Chronology   1997 Legislative Analysis Professors for Warren, Truck Drivers for Sanders   Nov. 4, 2019 Legislative Analysis Public Campaign Financing Tested   May 25, 2002 Legislative Analysis Public Campaign Funds, 1977-1980 Legislative Chronology   1977 - 1980 Legislative Analysis Public Financing: Rebirth or Irrelevance   Mar. 19, 2007 Legislative Analysis Recommendations of the Senate Watergate Committee   Jul. 12, 1974 Primary Source Regulatory Agency Struggles With Torrent of Money   2001 Legislative Analysis Report by Attorney General J. Reno Declining to Recommend an Independent Counsel to Investigate Fundraising by A. Gore in 1996   Nov. 24, 1998 Primary Source Riders to Tell If Campaign Finance Bill Flies or Dies   2001 Legislative Analysis Same Bench, but McCain-Feingold Law Still Faces Uncertain Fate in High Court   Aug. 30, 2003 Legislative Analysis SEC Eyes Rules On Disclosure   Nov. 21, 2011 Legislative Analysis Senate Action on Campaign Finance Reform, 1999-2000   1999 - 2000 Legislative Analysis Senate Ethics Committee's Conclusions on the Five Senators Who Received Campaign Contributions from C. Keating Jr.   Feb. 27, 1991 Primary Source Shays-Meehan Watchers Prepare To Target 'Issue Ads' Rules in Court   Feb. 23, 2002 Legislative Analysis Shift in Nonprofits Keeps Contributions Flowing   Apr. 3, 2006 Legislative Analysis Shining a Light on Corporate Donors   Feb. 25, 2019 Legislative Analysis Small Donors' Role in Campaign Finance Is Shrinking   Nov. 8, 2010 Legislative Analysis Some States Look to Address Concerns About Money in Politics   Feb. 19, 2019 Legislative Analysis Sponsors of Campaign Finance Law Unleash Torrent of Anger Against FEC   Jun. 29, 2002 Legislative Analysis States' Publicly Funded Campaigns Could Provide Future Federal Model   May 25, 2002 Legislative Analysis Staying a Block Away: K Street, Obama Campaign Keep Their Distance   Sep. 3, 2012 Legislative Analysis Stretching the Reach of Soft Money   May 5, 2008 Legislative Analysis Sunny Outlook for GOP Donations   Aug. 27, 2012 Legislative Analysis Support Grows for Curbing Secrecy of     Legislative Analysis Supreme Court Narrowly Upholds Core Campaign Finance Provisions   Dec. 13, 2003 Legislative Analysis Supreme Court on Campaign Contributions   Jan. 21, 2010 Primary Source Supreme Court Rules on Campaign Contributions   Apr. 2, 2014 Primary Source Supreme Court's Ruling Heartens Supporters Of Campaign Finance Overhaul     Legislative Analysis Table 2-10  PACs: Receipts, Expenditures, and Contributions, 19752010     Facts & Figures Table 2-11  Spending, by Type of PAC, 19772010 (millions)     Facts & Figures Table 2-12  Contributions and Independent Expenditures, by Type of PAC, 19992010     Facts & Figures Table 2-13  Top Twenty PACs in Overall Spending and in Contributions to Federal Candidates, 20092010     Facts & Figures Table 2-14  PAC Congressional Campaign Contributions, by Type of PAC and Incumbency Status of Candidate, 19952010 (millions)     Facts & Figures Table 2-1  Contribution Limits under the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002     Facts & Figures Table 2-2  Contribution Limits on Funding of State Election Campaigns     Facts & Figures Table 2-3  Presidential Prenomination Campaign Finance, 2008     Facts & Figures Table 2-4  Presidential Campaign Finance, Aggregated Contributions from Individual Donors to Leading Presidential Candidates, 2004 and 2008     Facts & Figures Table 2-5  Public Funding of Presidential Elections, 19762008 (millions)     Facts & Figures Table 2-6  Financial Activity of the National Political Parties, 19932010 (millions)     Facts & Figures Table 2-7  Financial Activity of National, State, and Local Party Committees, 20092010 (millions)     Facts & Figures Table 2-8  National Party Campaign Finance: Soft and Hard Money, 19952010 (millions)     Facts & Figures Table 2-9  Number of Political Action Committees (PACs), by Type, 19742011     Facts & Figures 'Taxpayer Bill of Rights' Brought Down in House By Campaign Finance Rider   Apr. 13, 2002 Legislative Analysis The $4 Billion Campaign: Better, or Just Louder?   Oct. 30, 2004 Legislative Analysis The Cost of This Year's Congressional Races   Oct. 30, 2004 Legislative Analysis The Deregulated Campaign   Sep. 19, 2011 Legislative Analysis The Fundraising Game   Oct. 30, 2006 Legislative Analysis The Independent Expenditures Boom   Jan. 7, 2008 Legislative Analysis The K Street 'Cartel'   Sep. 21, 2015 Legislative Analysis The Return of Soft Money   Jun. 22, 2015 Legislative Analysis Three-Judge Panel Poses Tough Constitutional Questions In First Test of Campaign Finance Law   Dec. 7, 2002 Legislative Analysis Top Twenty PACs in Overall Spending and in Contributions to Federal Candidates, 20032004   2003 - 2004 Facts & Figures Trump's Huge Cash Advantage Might Not Matter for Democrats   Nov. 4, 2019 Legislative Analysis Trump's Takeover of the Republican Party Includes Its Donors   Nov. 4, 2019 Legislative Analysis Undeclared Candidates Often Play Loose With the Rules   Mar. 16, 2015 Legislative Analysis Vigorous Court Challenges Ahead Despite Non-Severability's Defeat   2001 Legislative Analysis Warren's Tech Breakup Proposal Isn't Hurting Her Campaign Fundraising   May 13, 2019 Legislative Analysis Web Pundits May Find It's Not So Free Speech   Aug. 8, 2005 Legislative Analysis Weinstein Campaign Cash Being Diverted to Aid Women's Groups   Oct. 23, 2017 Legislative Analysis When Freedom of Speech Means Money Talks   Mar. 8, 2010 Legislative Analysis When Money Is Short, Strategy Reigns Supreme   Jul. 30, 2012 Legislative Analysis Will We See Campaign Ads Air on Public TV?   Apr. 23, 2012 Legislative Analysis Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. v. Federal Election Commission   Jan. 23, 2006 Case Summary
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