campaign finance reform

1. A movement, fueled in recent decades by political candidates' increasing dependence on expensive television advertisements, to restrict the amount of money that individuals and interest groups can contribute to political campaigns. Although limits have been placed on individual contributions, a loophole has been left for political action committees . Both parties pay lip service to the principle of campaign finance reform, but neither fully supports it. Some liberals see it as the best way to secure the independence of politicians from moneyed interests; some conservatives view it as a threat to freedom of speech .

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Lacking any sense of irony, Eldridge made campaign-finance reform a signature plank.

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There has been no greater foe of campaign finance reform than Mitch McConnell over the years.

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With Mitch McConnell soon to be in charge, look for the Senate to become the locus of attacks on campaign finance reform.

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Teachout says that as governor, she would be “a dog on a bone” about campaign finance reform.

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Curtis told The Daily Beast that, if elected, her top priority would be campaign-finance reform.

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I ask you to strengthen our democracy and pass campaign finance reform this year.

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