PACS and Other Possible Areas for Reexamination of the Federal Campaign Financing Law in the 99th Congress.

Evaluates role of political action committees (PACs) in 1984 elections; and considers amending Federal campaign financing law, focusing on appropriate PAC role and Federal regulation. Addresses specific concerns relative to PAC and campaign finance issues, including soft money, large contributions b...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1986.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Campaign funds. Financial disclosure. Presidents > Election. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Evaluates role of political action committees (PACs) in 1984 elections; and considers amending Federal campaign financing law, focusing on appropriate PAC role and Federal regulation. Addresses specific concerns relative to PAC and campaign finance issues, including soft money, large contributions by defense contractors, lack of PAC accountability, solicitation methods, post-election PAC contributions, in-kind contributions, candidate PACs, and independent expenditures.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.