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527 Reform
Activity by 527 organizations is campaign-related
and should be regulated by the Federal Elections Commission
(FEC). We need to close the election law loophole created
by the FEC's failure to enforce the law.
527 Political Organizations:
Legislation in the 109th Congress (PDF)
Shays, Meehan 527 Reform Act Passes Houses
House Administration Committee Marks Up 527 Reform Act
Shays Advocates for 527 Reform Act
Memorandum Opinion in Shays v. Federal Elections Commission,
August 30, 2007
Shays, Meehan File Suit to Close the 527 Loophole Created
by the FEC
McCain-Feingold/Shays-Meehan Campaign Finanace Law
Short Summary of
the McCain-Feingold/Shays-Meehan Campaign Finance Law
Long Summary of the McCain-Feingold/Shays-Meehan Campaign
Finance Law
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002: Summary and
Comparison with Existing Law (PDF)
Courts Decisions on Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act
Statement
by U.S. Senators John McCain and Russ Feingold and Representatives
Christopher Shays and Marty Meehan on Today's Court
Decision on the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (05/02/03).
Analysis of Court Decision on Constitutionality
of New Campaign Finance Law Intervenors' Notice of Appeal
(PDF)
Supreme Court Decision on Constitutionality
of BCRA in McConnell v. FEC
Analysis of the Supreme Court
Ruling in McConnell v. FEC (PDF)
Supreme Court Decision on Title
II of BCRA in Wisconsin Right to Life v. FEC (PDF)
Analysis of the Supreme Court
Ruling in Wisconsin Right to Life v. FEC (PDF)
FEC Implementation of Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act
Comments
Submitted to FEC by BCRA Sponsors on FEC Rulemaking
to Implement Wisconsin Right to Life v. FEC
Appeals
Court Upholds Ruling Striking FEC Provisions
Shays
v. Federal Elections Commission 1 on BCRA Regulations
from Democracy 21
Comments
Submitted to FEC by BCRA Sponsors on Initial BCRA Rulemaking
Federal Election Commission Reform
Shays Statement
on FEC Reform
Federal Election Commission
Democracy 21: Project FEC - Establishing a New Enforcement
System
Why We Need Reform
The
Thompson Committee Report on the Campaign Fund-Raising Scandals
of 1996 (PDF)
Soft
Money Keeps Growing
Washington Post Special Report on Campaign Finance
Electronic Policy Forum Briefing: Campaign Finance Reform
Coalition Partners
Congressman Marty Meehan of Massachusetts
Senator John McCain of Arizona
Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin
Americans For Reform
League of Women Voters
Common Cause
Public Citizen
Campaign Legal Center
Democracy 21
Granny D
Campaign Finance Resources
Federal
Election Commission
The Center for Responsive Politics
Campaign Finance Information Center
Brennan Center
The Brookings Institution Campaign Finance Reform Site
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"Our
legislation aims to end the current system in which corporate
treasury and union dues money drowns out the voice of
individual Americans by banning soft money and closing
the sham 'issue ad' loophole. By calling sham issue ads
what they truly are -- very real campaign ads -- we enforce
the 1907 and 1947 laws and prevent corporate treasury
and union dues money from funding campaigns."