Limits and Loopholes : The Quest for Money, Free Speech, and Fair Elections - Victoria A. Farrar-Myers

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Limits and Loopholes

The Quest for Money, Free Speech, and Fair Elections

By: Victoria A. Farrar-Myers, Diana Dwyre

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Paperback | 14 October 2007

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From the authors of Legislative Labyrinth: Congress and Campaign Finance Reform.

Elections, the basic mechanism of representative democracy, should be untainted by corruption and provide a platform for free speech. But running for office takes money-a lot of it, usually-which means campaign finance has become a pitched battle over the fundamental political values of free speech versus fair elections. With insiders' perspectives, Farrar-Myers and Dwyre tell the story of what it took to pass campaign finance legislation, provide analysis of the subsequent court action, and explore the regulatory and electoral outcomes of reform efforts. Limits and Loopholes is a story about incremental policymaking and inter-branch struggle, about institutional design and unintended consequences, about the influence of interest groups and the media, and about the health of our representative democracy. Bringing together discussions of core values and the policymaking process, this book serves as an excellent case study that traces an issue from inception, through legislation and litigation, and finally to implementation.

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Non-Fiction Politics & Government Central Government Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects Interdisciplinary Studies General Studies Political Structure & Processes Elections & Referenda

Figures and Boxes	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Competing Values and the High Stakes of Campaign Finance Reform	p. 1
The "Mischiefs of Faction" and Campaign Finance	p. 3
Campaign Finance Regulation in Historical Context	p. 8
The Multiple Layers of Campaign Finance Reform	p. 19
Plan of the Book	p. 22
Campaign Finance Reform in the 105th Congress: A Tale of Unorthodox Policymaking	p. 27
The Battle Begins in the Senate: Bargaining, then Defeat	p. 28
The Fight Continues in the House: An Issue Whose Time Had Come?	p. 35
Promises, Promises: The Republican Leadership Stalls	p. 40
Scramble for Control: Reform Proponents Fight Back	p. 44
The Republican Leadership's Death by Amendment Strategy	p. 47
Getting around Poison Pills: Developing Issue Networks	p. 50
In Spite of It All, the Bill Passes the House	p. 53
Conclusion: Negotiating the Labyrinth	p. 57
Clearing a Pathway through the Labyrinth: Passing Campaign Finance Legislation	p. 65
History Repeats Itself in the 106th Congress	p. 66
The 2000 Elections	p. 73
Clearing the Path for Final Passage	p. 75
Lessons from BCRA's Passage through the Legislative Labyrinth	p. 90
From the Halls of Congress to the Supreme Court: The Impact of Judicial Interpretation on Public Policy	p. 99
The Founders' View of the Judiciary	p. 100
The Judiciary and Campaign Finance	p. 102
Buckley and Its Progeny	p. 102
McConnell and Its Progeny	p. 108
Extending the Labyrinth: Implications of Judicial Interpretation	p. 116
Through the Regulatory Wringer: The Federal Election Commission Takes on BCRA	p. 123
As Clear as Mud	p. 124
The Politics of Regulation	p. 126
Lost in Translation or Purposely Undermined?	p. 126
Take 'em to Court!	p. 127
The Legislative Approach	p. 129
It Matters Who Writes the Rules	p. 130
The Politics of Little or No Action: 527s and the FEC	p. 132
An Ongoing Process	p. 137
Elections in the Post-BCRA World	p. 141
Political Parties	p. 142
National Party Committees	p. 142
State and Local Parties	p. 148
A New Frontier: The Rise of 527s and Other Nonprofit Groups	p. 149
Section 527 Organizations after BCRA	p. 151
Moving on to Other Nonprofits	p. 154
The Next Frontier: Taxable Corporations	p. 156
More or Less Free Speech?	p. 157
So, Where Are We and Where Are We Going?	p. 159
Values, Choices, and Consequences	p. 165
The Policy Labyrinth	p. 165
The State of Campaign Finance Policy	p. 169
Campaign Finance, Popular Sovereignty, and the Dynamics of the American Political System	p. 172
Index	p. 177
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The Quest for Money, Free Speech, and Fair Elections

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