To accomplish campaign finance reform has grown more urgent with recent backtracking and corruption | Democracy, elections, and voting at DC
From “Lawmakers Against Campaign Finance Reform May Have New Foe” posted on November 13, 2012 by Rick Hasen at Election Law Blog, this article explains the rise of a new force in campaign finance reform:
Bloomberg: “A new coalition, including former Federal Election Commission Chairman Trevor Potter, Republican lobbyist-turned-convicted felon Jack Abramoff, Theodore Roosevelt IV, and representatives of both Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party have launched a campaign to push Congress to overhaul campaign finance laws.”
From the website of “The American Anti-Corruption Act“:
The Act was crafted by former Federal Election Commission chairman Trevor Potter in consultation with dozens of strategists, democracy reform leaders and constitutional attorneys from across the political spectrum. Mr. Potter was one of the chief architects of the McCain-Feingold law. The Act would transform how elections are financed, how lobbyists influence politics, and how political money is disclosed. It is a bold, sweeping proposal that would reshape the rules of American politics, and restore ordinary Americans as the most important stakeholders instead of major donors. The Anti-Corruption Act’s provisions enjoy support from progressives and conservatives alike. Constitutional attorneys confirm that the provisions are constitutional. The Act is being championed by theRepresent.Us campaign.
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