Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act

Campaign finance is a very controversial topic among Americans. Not a lot of U.S. citizens seem to be content with the system in place today due to the rising costs. This results in the average citizen feeling as if candidates will be more responsive to the opinions of people who donate more versus those who donate less. In the spring of 2002, the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform act was passed. Later, in 2010, this reform act was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in Citizens United…

According to section 203 of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA), government law forbids enterprises and unions from utilizing their general treasury trusts to make autonomous uses for discourse that is an "electioneering correspondence" or for discourse that explicitly advocates the decision or thrashing of a candidate. “An electioneering communication is any broadcast, cable, or satellite communication” that refers to a clearly identified candidate for Federal office” and is made within…

addressing previous held court precedents, including the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce, and McConnell v. Federal Election Commission (Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 2008). Ultimately, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Citizens United in…

Campaign Finance and the Supreme Court In 1974 Congress passed (and then President Ford signed) a set of Amendments to the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971. These amendments included prohibiting individuals from donating over a specific amount of money ($1000) to any one campaign, and limited the total contributions to $25,000 for all federal campaigns combined. The amendments also included limiting the amount of money that a candidate could contribute and spend on their own campaign and…

Obamacare, also known as The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, is a very complex and lengthy act. Is there a certain reason why this act is so significant? What are the pros and cons of Obamacare? These are important questions to answer. Each piece of legislation that has ever been through congress has had at least some significance. The real question is though, is why? What are the reasons for significance? Also, each piece of legislation has a negative aspects and positive aspects.…

sides of the issue. Those Who want to eliminate money in politics by implementing campaign finance reform argue that wealthy donors and corporations hold too much power in elections and as a result they can corrupt campaigns. Those who favor less regulation say that campaign donations are a form of free speech, so it’s protected by the first amendment. However, the only groups that are really against campaign finance reform are the rich and the corporations. Most of the common people are against…

documentary called Hillary:The Movie attempting to expose Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s past. The movie was planned to be made available on Video on Demand before the primaries in 2008. However, this went against the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA) that prohibits “electioneering communication” against “a clearly identified candidate for Federal office”. “Electioneering Communication” refers to “any broadcast, cable, or satellite communication” that is “made…

the Federal Election Committee to sued Citizens United because they believed that Citizens United actions were against the BCRA or the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act which prohibited using money from a company’s general treasury to fund of campaign or political parties, this act was instated in 2002 and a result of companies unregulated spending towards campaigns and parties . In the Citizens United v. Federal Election Committee the constitutionality of the BCRA and whether or not it was…

The Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments of 1974 helped form the basis for the federal campaign finance law. (United States, Congress, House, Senate) This act basically confined campaigns and campaign committees. The Freedom of Information Act restricted the executive branch. It strengthened the legislative branch. This allowed the media and public to gain access to the information the executive branch had. This act occurred due to Nixon withholding the tapes from…

too has the discussion of how healthcare in America should be operated and provided to citizens, as well as how things like insurance and government assistance should be regulated and administered. While most people agree that healthcare reform should be a bipartisan effort to make medical services better and more easily available for everyone, most would also agree that this is far from the current mood of most discussions on this topic. Misconceptions, assumptions and scare tactics abound, and…