Evaluating campaign finance oversight : an assessment of the Federal Election Commission /

As campaign finance laws have weakened in the United States, so has the Federal Election Commission's ability to enforce them. The agency is underfunded and often has too few commissioners present, and this has led to a partisan imbalance that has favored the Republicans and allowed them to dom...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sebold, Karen (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2024].
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Federal Election Commission and the oversight of campaign finance
  • The tug of war over campaign finance law
  • Weaponized bureaucrats : the administrative (in)capacity of the Federal Election Commission
  • The crises of credibility and leadership at the Federal Election Commission
  • The partisan co-optation of the Federal Election Commission
  • Conclusion : chaos or coherence?