PAC `Bundling'

From: The Washington Post | Date: October 25, 1988 | Copyright information

Although I am pleased that Maralee Schwartz {Oct. 8} brought attention to my campaign finance bill to eliminate political action committee contributions-a bill that has no Democratic cosponsors-I must correct her statement that this bill would "legalize" bundling. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Bundling, which is the practice of collecting individual checks and giving them to a candidate "in a bundle," has been criticized as a way to circumvent the contribution limits, since the bundler is identified with the amassed contributions. Bundling is legal now, however, although the ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

Campaign finance bill splits party ; Five Democrats in Senate favor removal of limits.
Newspaper article from: Columbia Daily Tribune ; ...proponents say campaign finance limits have...legislators. "Strict contribution limits will help ensure...We must keep contribution limits in place and...of repealing campaign finance limits. Nixon...believe that these contribution limits actually ...
House kills conservative campaign finance substitute
Magazine article from: Human Events ; ...imposing stricter contribution limits and requiring...turn over the campaign finance system to the...lifting federal contribution limits would lead to...since the original campaign finance restrictions were...to replace the Campaign Finance Reform bill ...
Campaign Finance Bellwether; The Supreme Court's Vermont ruling seems like a defeat for reformers. In the long run, it may not be.
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post ; ...down Vermont's campaign finance laws may seem...the toughest contribution limits in the country...but also set contribution limits lower than does...restrictive view of campaign finance under the First...themselves hostile to campaign finance regulation ...
Campaign finance reform stalls here.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) ; ...changes in campaign finance laws in more...simple reason campaign finance reform is frequently...approved a campaign finance and ethics...imposes voluntary contribution limits on candidates...proposal lacked contribution limits that many good...to abide by ...
Statement by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer on the Supreme Court Decision Today in the Vermont Campaign Finance Case
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire ; ...today in the Vermont campaign finance case: The Supreme...expenditure limits and low contribution limits under Vermont law...v. Valeo. Numerous campaign finance laws have been upheld...constitutionality of contribution limits that are not too low...down Vermont's low ...
Campaign Finance Panel Discussion at the NPC Oct. 14
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire ; ...brought into question the campaign finance laws that regulate them. The...discuss the future of these campaign finance regulations, including: the original intention of campaign finance laws pertaining specifically to 527s, campaign contribution limits, the public ...
ASSEMBLY PASSES OWN REFORM BILL : CAMPAIGN FINANCE MEASURE UNLIKELY TO CLEAR SENATE IN CURRENT FORM.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) ; ...voted to put its own campaign finance reform measure on...1,000 individual contribution limits for state and local...have been demanding campaign finance reform for years...test. The bill sets contribution limits from individuals...contributing $1,000 to a ...
Contribution limits silence Missouri voters
Newspaper article from: Columbia Daily Tribune ; ...voters approved contribution limits for state and...repeal of those contribution limits. Gov. Matt Blunt...the claim that campaign finance rules have any...voices heard? Contribution limits also make it...ease of raising campaign funds is an...in a state. ...
Report recommends lowering Ohio political contribution limits
Newspaper article from: Daily Record, The Wooster, OH ; ...Capital Bureau COLUMBUS -- Ohio's campaign contribution limits are well above other states in the...discuss the findings of the center's Campaign Finance in Ohio research report. It's one...and justice. The center reviewed campaign finance laws in Ohio, Illinois, ...
Counties agree to put campaign finance reform question on ballot
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ; Counties agree to put campaign finance reform question on ballot By...referendum on the need for campaign finance reform, the Wisconsin Counties...If the vote is `Yes, we want campaign finance reform,' even if the referendum...would answer, `Yes, we need campaign finance ...

Find more facts and information related to the article "PAC `Bundling'"