by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Feb 15, 2002 | News
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a campaign finance reform bill early Thursday morning intended to curb the influence of special interest groups. The vote was 240 to 189, split largely along party lines. Forty-one Republicans voted for the bill, while 12...
by Alex Smirnov | Apr 3, 2001 | News
The Christian Coalition of America is sending a petition to President George W. Bush urging him to veto the campaign finance reform bill, which has the potential to silence non-profit organizations in future election campaigns. The bill, which passed the Senate by a...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Feb 7, 2001 | News
Soft money is unregulated and unlimited money that corrupts the political process at the federal level. Soft money goes to groups that support candidates, even though candidates do not control the group campaigning on their behalf. Hard money goes directly to...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Feb 7, 2001 | News
Senators John McCain, R-Ariz., and Russell Feingold, D-Wis., introduced a bill in the United States Senate in January to ban “soft money” contributions that corporations, labor unions and wealthy individuals make to political parties. Reform-minded...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Feb 7, 2001 | News
Many of America’s religious public policy organizations are divided on campaign finance reform. Those on the religious right argue against reform on free speech grounds. In a joint letter to the United States Senate in 1999, the National Right to Life Committee...