campaign finance reform

A movement, fueled in recent decades by political candidates' increasing dependence on expensive television advertisements, to restrict the amount of money that individuals and interest groups can contribute to political campaigns. Although limits have been placed on individual contributions, a loophole has been left for political action committees . Both parties pay lip service to the principle of campaign finance reform, but neither fully supports it. Some liberals see it as the best way to secure the independence of politicians from moneyed interests; some conservatives view it as a threat to freedom of speech .

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Then the last bucket is major campaign finance reform and fighting back against corruption in particular.

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I would say one thing overall that everybody wants, that our candidates are also going to be pushing for, is major campaign finance reform, because the people who should have a say in the elections are their voters, and repeatedly, the American people — they feel like democracy is not working for them, that it's only representing special interests that are not representative of the people within their districts.

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The award, which may have reflected Biden’s faith in congressional bipartisanship, cited Simpson’s outspoken advocacy for campaign finance reform and marriage equality.

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Campaign finance reform and media regulation are critical areas for intervention.

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Saurav Ghosh, the director of federal campaign finance reform at the Campaign Legal Center, told Salon that this sort of coordination between candidates and outside groups like Turning Point Action is exactly what the FEC opened the door to in their recent rules change and that “I don’t think any super PAC would’ve done so without this decision giving them cover.”

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