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Reform-minded journalist in the early twentieth century who exposed corruption in politics and worked to break the financial link between business and politicians.
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Muckrakers
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A 1921 scandal in which President Warren Harding's secretary of the interior received large contributions from corporations that were then allowed to lease oil reserves (called Teapot Dome); led to the Federal Corrupt Practices Act of 1925, which required reporting of campaign contributions and expenditures.
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Teapot Dome Scandal
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Created in 1975, the commission enforces federal laws on campaign financing.
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Federal Election Commission
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Also know as the Bi-partisan Campaign Finance Reform Act of 2001, this legislation was created to regulate campaign financing. It limited the amount of gifts and banned soft money contributions to the national parties but not to certain types of private groups.
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McCain-Feingold Act
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Contributions to national party committees that do not have to be reported to the federal government (and sometimes not to the states) because they are used for voter registration drives, educating voters on the issues, and the like, rather than for the particular candidate; the national committees send the funds to the state parties, which operate under less stringent reporting regulations than the federal laws provide.
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Soft Money
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Using one's access to powerful people to make money, as when former government officials use access to former colleagues to win high-paying jobs in the private sector.
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Influence Peddling
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The requirement that names of campaign donors be made public.
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Public Disclosure
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Ceilings set on the overall amount of money that individuals and groups give to candidates.
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Contribution Limits
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Spending on political campaigns by groups not under the control of the candidate.
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Independent Spending
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The situation when government officials make decisions that directly affect their own personal livelihoods or interests.
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Conflicts of Interest
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