Legislative History of the Bipartisan Campaign Reformact of 2002

Represents the most sweeping changes in campaign financereform since the Watergate era. The most importantprovision of this bill is the so-called ban on "soft money",the previously unregulated contributions given for purposesother than advocating a candidate's election or defeat.Other provisions of the legislation strengthen bans oncontributions by foreign nationals to state, local, andfederal elections, bans solicitation of campaigncontributions on federal property, and requires radio andtelevision stations to make public information relating toall broadcast political advertising.This is the Core set which includes the final version of thelaw and only those congressional documents directly relatedto the final version of the law. For the comprehensive set,please see Hein item #328470.Manz, William H. is the author of 'Legislative History of the Bipartisan Campaign Reformact of 2002', published 2003 under ISBN 9780837734385 and ISBN 083773438X.