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2002-05-07
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A diverse coalition of voters, candidates for federal office, and public interest organizations filed a court challenge to the "hard money" contribution limit increases recently enacted as part of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA). |
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2002-03-27
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President Bush should promise to abide by the presidential spending limits in his reelection campaign—even though increases in hard money limits in the McCain-Feingold bill would allow him to raise much more than the limit—the reform group U.S. PIRG said. |
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2002-03-20
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After the Senate passed campaign finance legislation, U.S. PIRG denounced for its dramatic increases in hard money. |
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2002-02-08
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The accounting profession—central to the Enron controversy—makes the vast majority of its campaign contributions through hard money, and would be largely unaffected by the Shays-Meehan bill, according to a U.S. PIRG analysis of Center for Responsive Politics data. |
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2002-01-24
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In the wake of the collapse of Enron and the disclosure of the company's political contributions and close ties to prominent government officials, many reports have been focused on the prospect of untoward-or even illegal-behavior on the part of elected officials. |
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2001-07-05
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Lobbyists and employees from the top 144 lobbying firms in the country could have given 58 percent more to candidates and parties had the McCain-Feingold campaign finance bill been law during the last election cycle, according to a report released today by U.S. PIRG. |
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2001-03-28
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The McCain-Feingold campaign finance legislation (S.27) is in disrepair. With its new loopholes, this bill is now phony reform that will increase the stranglehold of the wealthiest citizens on our political process. |
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2001-03-20
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Senators Dewine (R-Ohio), Dominici (R-N.M.) and Durbin (D-Ill.) have offered an amendment to the McCain-Feingold campaign reform bill (S.27) that would lift contribution limits for candidates running against wealthy challengers. |
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2000-09-25
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MontPIRG heralded last Tuesday’s U.S. District Court Judge Jack Shanstrom’s ruling upholding contribution limits as a major victory for Montanans and the democratic process. |
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2000-07-07
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Texas lags behind most states in several key areas of campaign finance law, according to a report released today by the U.S. PIRG Education Fund and Texans for Public Justice. |
