FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

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Time Has Come, S2925 [27MR]

Amendments

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2590), S9485, S9487, S9491, S9492, S9493, S9495, S9514, S9525, S9526, S9527, S9547 [19SE], S9662 [21SE], H4429 [23JY], H4542 [24JY], H4567, H4570, H4577, H4586, H4588, H4589, H4590, H4592, H4593, H4596, H4598, H4599, H4604, H4608, H4610, H4615 [25JY]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H3961 [11JY]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2360), H3864, H3865 [10JY]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S2450, S2478, S2479, S2480 [19MR], S2550, S2561, S2567, S2595, S2596, S2597, S2599, S2600 [20MR], S2619, S2631, S2641, S2651, S2675, S2676, S2677, S2678, S2679 [21MR], S2686, S2690, S2692, S2696, S2698, S2703, S2704, S2714, S2715, S2782, S2784 [22MR], S2796, S2799, S2803, S2831 [23MR], S2845, S2907 [26MR], S2958, S3002, S3003, S3004 [27MR], S3010, S3019, S3024, S3028, S3029, S3065, S3066 [28MR], S3087, S3100, S3110, S3111, S3118, S3119, S3122, S3124, S3126, S3127, S3129, S3175, S3177, S3178, S3179 [29MR], S3184, S3187, S3189, S3190, S3191, S3192, S3194, S3223 [30MR], S3285 [2AP]

Analyses

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (S. 27): James Bopp, Jr., James Madison Center for Free Speech, S2864 [26MR], S3131-S3135 [29MR]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2590, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations, S9497 [19SE], H6383 [5OC]

Articles and editorials

Campaign Bill Could Shift Power Away From Parties, S3259 [2AP]

Campaign Finance Bill Treads on Our Rights, S3082 [29MR]

Campaign Finance Frenzy, S3197 [30MR]

Campaign Finance—Why I Sued in 1974, S2571 [20MR]

Campaign Reform—Labor Turns Leery, S2890 [26MR]

Economics of Campaign Finance Reform, S3244 [2AP]

Fending Off the Speech Police, S2442 [19MR]

How McCain-Feingold Would Constrict Speech, S2570 [20MR]

If Soft Money Goes, So Does Free Speech, S2940 [27MR]

In Defense of Soft Money, S3259 [2AP]

James Madison Remembered—Madisonian Doctrine Today Has Its Opposite—Call It McCainism, an Antipluralist Populism, S2440 [19MR]

. . . Let Us Hope Not, S2441 [19MR]

Limits on So-Called ``Issue Advocacy'' Will Pass Constitutional Test, S3037 [28MR]

McCain's Costly Crusade, S3197 [30MR]

Media Should Beware of What It Embraces, S3195 [30MR]

Money Talks, as It Should, S3196 [30MR]

Nation Yawns at Campaign Finances, S3139 [29MR]

Paying Up Is Speaking Up, S2569 [20MR]

. . . Preserve Free Speech, S2924 [27MR]

Raise the Limit . . ., S2924 [27MR]

``Reform'' Hurts Freedoms—Opposing View—Bill Unfairly Restricts Parties' Ability To Challenge Incumbents, S3139 [29MR]

Second Thoughts About Soft Money, S2441 [19MR]

Senate's Comic Opera, S3081 [29MR]

Shut Up, They Explained, S2889 [26MR]

Skirting What the First Amendment Says, S2442 [19MR]

Sleazy Ads? or Flawed Rules?, S2890 [26MR]

Step Toward Reform, S3257 [2AP]

Well Off, Good Riddance McCain-Feingold, S2889 [26MR]

Why This Lobbyist Backs McCain-Feingold, S2956 [27MR]

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (see S. 1398), S9122 [5SE] (see H.R. 2590), H4428 [23JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2590), consideration (see H. Res. 206), H4539 [24JY]

Elections: enhance criminal penalties for election law violations and clarify current laws regarding donations from foreign nationals (see S. 600), S2730 [22MR]

———protect the equal participation of eligible voters in Federal election campaigns (see H.R. 2226), H3259 [19JN]

National Advisory Commission on Federal Election Standards: establish (see H.R. 430), H219 [7FE]

Political campaigns: disclosure of certain electioneering communications disbursements (see S. 93), S100 [22JA]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 17), S97 (see S. 22, 27), S98 [22JA] (see S. 176), S527 [24JA] (see S. 559), S2388 [15MR] (see S. 602), S2730 [22MR] (see S. 719), S3530 [5AP] (see H.R. 151), H60 [6JA] (see H.R. 380), H165 [31JA] (see H.R. 1039), H952 (see H.R. 1080), H954 [15MR] (see H.R. 1150), H1059 [21MR] (see H.R. 1444), H1484 (see H.R. 1444), H1494 (see H.R. 1516), H1498 [4AP] (see H.R. 1637), H1659 [26AP] (see H.R. 2356, 2360), H3802 [28JN] (see H.R. 2473), H3960 [11JY]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), consideration (see H. Res. 188), H3959 [11JY] (see H. Res. 203), H4352 [19JY]

———make unlawful the knowing dissemination of false information regarding Federal elections with the intent of discouraging voter participation (see H.R. 366), H164 [31JA]

———require certain disclosures and reports relative to polling by telephone (see H.R. 283), H110 [30JA] (see H.R. 365), H164 [31JA]

———require disclosure of funding sources for certain candidate advocacy advertising (see H.R. 156), H60 [6JA]

States: make grants to States which have adopted an instant runoff voting system for Presidential elections (see H.R. 3232), H7852 [6NO]

Taxation: exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see S. 527), S2306 [14MR] (see S. 744), S3706 [6AP] (see H.R. 527), H252 [8FE] (see H.R. 1544), H1554 [24AP] (see H.R. 1676), H1860 [2MY]

Voting: establish a grant program to assist State and local governments in upgrading voting systems and devices and enhance participation by military personnel in national elections (see S. 479), S1971 [7MR] (see H.R. 1482), H1486 (see H.R. 1482), H1496 [4AP]

———establish uniform national standards for Federal election procedures and change the Federal election day (see S. 241), S1012 [1FE] (see H.R. 829), H622 [1MR]

———issue voluntary standards to promote voting system accessibility and effectiveness and make grants to assist States in complying with such standards and carrying out other voting accessibility promotion activities (see H.R. 1151), H1059 [21MR]

———provide fairness in voter participation (see H.R. 1228), H1188 [27MR]

Conference reports

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and Independent Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 2590), H7337-H7356 [29OC]

Cost Estimates

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (H.R. 2356): CBO, H4103 [17JY]

Explanations

National Advisory Commission on Federal Election Standards (H.R. 430), E124 [6FE]

Letters

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act: Laura W. Murphy and Joel M. Gora, ACLU, S3135-S3138 [29MR]

———Representatives Meehan and Frank, S3096 [29MR]

———several law professors, S3044-S3046 [28MR]

Reform FEC regulation governing coordination between certain groups and political candidates or parties: National Right to Life Committee, Inc., S3185 [30MR]

———Susan T. Muskett, Christian Coalition of America, S3185 [30MR]

Role of soft money in political campaigns: Fred Wertheimer, Common Cause (organization), S3255 [2AP]

Tax notification and reporting requirements of State and local political organizations: Susan Parnas Frederick, National Conference of State Legislatures, S2800 [23MR]

Lists

Amendments to H.R. 2590, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations, S9493 [19SE]

Organizations supporting Wellstone amendment to S. 27, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act allowing State voluntary public financing systems for congressional candidates who agree to contribution and spending limits, S2622 [21MR]

Senate staffers who worked on S. 27, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, S3258 [2AP]

Supporters of S. 27, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, S2944 [27MR]

Motions

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2590), H4583 [25JY]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S2468 [19MR], S2651 [21MR], S2686 [22MR], S2797 [23MR], S2942 [27MR], S3009, S3018 [28MR], S3104, S3116 [29MR]

Press releases

Senior Business Executives Back Campaign Finance Reform: Committee for Economic Development (organization), S2955 [27MR]

Top Executives and Civic Leaders Back Plan That Includes Soft-Money Ban: Committee for Economic Development (organization), S2955 [27MR]

Remarks in House

Committee on Appropriations (House): appropriations allocation revisions to H.R. 2590, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations, H4719 [26JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2590), H4553-H4622 [25JY], E1461 [27JY], E1478 [31JY], E1485 [1AU]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2590), conference report, H7536-H7545 [31OC], E1970 [31OC], E1982 [2NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2590), consideration (H. Res. 206), H4549-H4553 [25JY], E1435 [25JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2590), consideration of conference report, H7380 [30OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2590), permission to file conference report, H7317 [25OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2590), unanimous-consent agreement, H4610 [25JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2590), unanimous-consent request, H4574 [25JY]

National Advisory Commission on Federal Election Standards: establish (H.R. 430), E123 [6FE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, H2074 [9MY], H2576 [23MY], E5 [3JA]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 380), E93 [1FE]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H3823 [10JY], H3872 [11JY], H3964, H3965, H3966, H3970, H3992, H3998 [12JY], E1313 [11JY]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), consideration (H. Res. 188), H3964, H3965, H3980-H3990, H3991, H3998 [12JY]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2360), H3823 [10JY]

Voting: issue voluntary standards to promote voting system accessibility and effectiveness and make grants to assist States in complying with such standards and carrying out other voting accessibility promotion activities (H.R. 1151), H1038 [21MR]

———State and local voting systems improvements funding, H4610-H4614 [25JY], E1485 [1AU]

Remarks in Senate

Authority and procedures: strengthen, S3129-S3131 [29MR]

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act: make certain provisions nonseverable, S3190, S3191 [30MR]

———make certain provisions nonseverable and provide for expedited judicial review, S3088-S3105, S3138 [29MR]

———provide for expedited judicial review, S3189 [30MR]

———tribute to Senate staff, S3258 [2AP]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2590), S9470-S9477, S9485-S9497 [19SE], S9609 [21SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2590), conference report, S11329-S11333 [1NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2590), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S11329 [1NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2590), unanimous-consent agreement, S9461 [14SE]

———making appropriations (S. 1398), indefinitely postponed, S11867 [14NO]

Elections: allow State parties to use non-Federal funding for getting out the vote, voter registration, and voter identification, S3124-S3126 [29MR]

———enhance criminal penalties for election law violations and clarify current laws regarding donations from foreign nationals (S. 600), S2773-S2776 [22MR]

Information services: posting of election-related reports on the Internet, S2686-S2688, S2690, S2691 [22MR]

Political campaigns: allow States to enact voluntary public financing systems for congressional candidates who agree to contribution and spending limits, S2544, S2545 [20MR], S2619-S2631 [21MR], S2948 [27MR]

———clarify standards for identification of sponsors of election-related advertising, S3126, S3127 [29MR]

———condition the availability of low television media rates for national political parties on adherence to existing spending limits, S3030-S3033 [28MR]

———disclosure of certain electioneering communications disbursements (S. 93), S356-S358 [22JA]

———disclosure requirements for advertisements run close to an election that clearly identify candidates and prohibition on use of labor or corporate funds for such advertisements, S2455-S2461 [19MR], S2560 [20MR], S2709-S2713 [22MR], S2812 [23MR], S2846, S2849 [26MR], S3024-S3026, S3033-S3048 [28MR], S3070-S3076 [29MR]

———ethics reform and contribution limits, S3983 [26AP]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 22), S260 [22JA]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S79, S298-S301 [22JA], S2421-S2428, S2433-S2469, S2479, S2530 [19MR], S2535-S2571 [20MR], S2603-S2656 [21MR], S2682-S2688, S2690-S2717, S2782 [22MR], S2795-S2807, S2812 [23MR], S2845-S2853, S2854, S2864, S2879, S2882-S2890, S2918 [26MR], S2923-S2972 [27MR], S3005-S3019, S3021-S3049 [28MR], S3069-S3141 [29MR], S3183-S3198, S3224-S3227 [30MR], S3233-S3261 [2AP], S3334-S3336 [3AP], S3833 [24AP], S6885, S6886 [26JN], S7490 [11JY]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), transmit to House of Representatives, S4922, S4923, S4930, S4931 [15MY]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), unanimous-consent agreement, S1092-S1094 [6FE], S3027, S3035 [28MR], S3123 [29MR]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 176), S550 [24JA]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 559), S2414 [15MR]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 602), S2776 [22MR]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 719), S3544-S3546 [5AP]

———expand express advocacy regulations to cover certain advertisements previously defined as issue advocacy advertisements if such advertisements clearly infer support or opposition to a specific candidate, S2706-S2713 [22MR], S3118-S3120 [29MR]

———inclusion of an incumbent's net cash-on-hand relative to increasing contribution limits to make expenditures more competitive with those of opponents using personal funds, S3192, S3194 [30MR], S3247 [2AP]

———inclusion of certain tax-exempt special interest groups under the disclosure and funding requirements for advertisements run close to an election that clearly identify candidates, S2845-S2850, S2882-S2884 [26MR], S2935 [27MR], S3033 [28MR], S3070-S3076 [29MR]

———increase contribution limits to make expenditures more competitive with those of opponents using personal funds and impose limitations on the repayment of personal loans to campaigns, S2450-S2455, S2459-S2469, S2479 [19MR], S2535-S2550 [20MR], S3186 [30MR], S3250 [2AP]

———increase penalties for making or accepting contributions in the name of another and prohibit foreign nationals from making campaign-related disbursements, S3187, S3188, S3191 [30MR]

———prohibit fraudulent solicitation of funds, S3122 [29MR]

———provide partial public financing for Senate candidates who abide by voluntary spending limits, S2944-S2957 [27MR]

———provide tax credits for certain political contributions made by citizens, S3048 [28MR]

———provide that contribution limits be applied on an election cycle rather than election basis, S2803-S2805 [23MR]

———reform regulation governing coordination between certain groups and political candidates or parties, S3184-S3187, S3193, S3194 [30MR]

———require disclosure of use of labor organization dues and fees or corporate funds for political activities, S2651-S2656 [21MR], S2682-S2686 [22MR]

———require television or radio stations to provide free air time to candidates to respond to certain advertisements that oppose or attack such candidates, S3111-S3117 [29MR]

———require the FEC to develop standardized software that Federal candidates would be required to use to file reports and contributions and make such information publicly accessible on the Internet, S2704, S2714 [22MR]

———require worker or shareholder approval for use of labor organization dues and fees or corporate funds for political activities, S2631-S2651 [21MR]

———voluntary spending limits for Senate campaigns and public financing for candidates whose opponent exceeds such limits, S3077-S3086 [29MR]

Presidents of the U.S.: disclosure of contributions to inaugural committees and ban on foreign contributors, S3110, S3111 [29MR]

Supreme Court: decision on coordinated political party campaign contribution and spending limits, S6885 [26JN]

Taxation: exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations, S2800-S2803 [23MR], S3117 [29MR]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (S. 744), S3754-S3756 [6AP]

Voting: establish uniform national standards for Federal election procedures and change the Federal election day (S. 241), S1016 [1FE]

———implement significant election administration reforms, S9383 [13SE]

Reports

Origins and Growth of Party Soft Money Finance: Anthony Corrado, S3252-S3255 [2AP]

Reports filed

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act: Committee on House Administration (House) (H.R. 2356) (H. Rept. 107-131), H3861 [10JY]

Campaign Reform and Citizen Participation Act: Committee on House Administration (House) (H.R. 2360) (H. Rept. 107-132), H3861 [10JY]

Consideration of H.R. 2356, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 188) (H. Rept. 107-135), H3959 [11JY]

Consideration of H.R. 2590, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and Independent Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 206) (H. Rept. 107-158), H4539 [24JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and Independent Agencies Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2590) (H. Rept. 107-253), H7357 [29OC]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2590) (H. Rept. 107-152), H4427 [23JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1398) (S. Rept. 107-57), S9074 [4SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2590), H4568 [25JY]

Statements

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act: several former ACLU leaders, S3046 [28MR]

———several Senators, S3245 [2AP]

Studies

Facts About Television Advertising and the McCain-Feingold Bill: Jonathan Krasno and Kenneth Goldstein, S3074-S3076 [29MR]

Summaries

Senate Campaign Finance Reform Act (1997), S2428 [19MR]

Tables

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of conference report on H.R. 2590, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations, S11332 [1NO]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 2590, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations, S9496 [19SE]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations (H.R. 2590), H4554-H4557 [25JY], H7538-H7540 [31OC]

Texts of

H. Res. 188, consideration of H.R. 2356, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, H3980 [12JY]

H. Res. 206, consideration of H.R. 2590, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations, H4549 [25JY]

H.R. 2585, Chiloquin Dam Fish Passage Feasibility Study Act, H7380 [30OC]

H.R. 2590, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations, S9662-S9673 [21SE]

S. 17, Federal Elections Reform Act, S222-S232 [22JA]

S. 27, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, S3625-S3633 [5AP]

S. 600, enhance criminal penalties for election law violations and clarify current laws regarding donations from foreign nationals, S2774 [22MR]

Senate Campaign Finance Reform Act (1997), S2424-S2428 [19MR]

Transcripts

Republican National Committee Advertisement for Bob Dole's Presidential Campaign, S3249 [2AP]