Campaign+Finance+Assignment

** Assignment Overview: ** Follow the hyperlinks below to help you answer each question. // You will discover how laws, scandals, and court decisions have helped limit money’s powerful influence in politics. //
 * The History of Campaign Finance Reform in the United States of America **

** Great Internet Resources: **

1. SIRS [|Timeline] à Username & Password = pgcps 2. [|NPR’s] Timeline of Campaign Finance Reform 3. The [|Campaign Legal Center] 4. Campaign Finance [|Glossary] 5. The [|Oyez Project]

** Timeline Questions: ** 1. What year was the ** [|Tillman Act] passed **? How did the Tillman Act affect the financing of political campaigns?

2. How did the ** [|Taft-Hartley] Act **(1947) limit campaign contributions?

3. Describe the** // most important // ** legal provisions of the ** [|Federal Elections Campaign Act (FECA)] [|of 1971] **.

4. What causes the changes to FECA in [|1974]? List the amendments made to FECA in 1974.

5. How did the Supreme Court case ** // [|Buckley v. Valeo] [|(1976)] // ** ** affect ** campaign finance reform?

6. Describe the ** // most important // ** legal provisions of the ** [|Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act] **(2002) aka ‘McCain-Feingold Act’.

7. How did the Supreme Court case ** // [|McConnell v. FEC] [|(2003)] // ** change the ‘McCain-Feingold Act’?

8. How did the Supreme Court case **//[|Federal][| Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc.] //** (2007) change the ‘McCain-Feingold Act’?

9. Explain how the ** // [|Citizens United][|v.][|Federal Election Commission] // ** (2010) expands the ability for more [|money] to affect elections.