FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

Amendments

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5120), H4606, H4607 [15JY], H4767, H4768 [16JY], H4873 [17JY], H4933 [18JY], H5089 [22JY], H5200, H5250, H5257, H5260, H5267, H5293, H5298, H5299, H5301, H5308 [23JY], H5322, H5328, H5330, H5332, H5333, H5337, H5344, H5345 [24JY]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), S2064, S2069, S2090, S2091 [19MR], H285, H286, H295, H296, H297, H305, H306, H308, H309, H310, H311, H313, H315, H316, H317, H318, H319, H320, H323, H324, H325, H326, H327, H328, H330, H331, H332, H333, H335 [12FE], H369, H377, H393, H412, H417, H421, H425, H429, H432, H436, H441, H444, H448, H452, H455, H459, H465 [13FE]

Analyses

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (H.R. 2356), S1992-S1995 [18MR]

———McConnell Technical Amendments, S1529 [5MR]

Exempt State and Local Political Committees From Certain Notification and Reporting Requirements Applicable to Political Organizations (H.R. 5596), S10781 [17OC]

Articles and editorials

AFL-CIO To Boost Mandatory Donations, Hopes To Spend $35M on November Elections, S2125 [20MR]

Armageddon, S2108 [20MR]

Bush 2000 Adviser Offered To Use Clout To Help Enron, S2107 [20MR]

Campaign Finance Lawyer Loophole, S2127 [20MR]

Campaign ``Reform'' Won't Work, S2113 [20MR]

Campaign Reform—At Last, S2109 [20MR]

Campaign-Finance Smear, S2119 [20MR]

Donations Don't Seem To Change Votes, S2341 [22MR]

*598 Soft Money, Hard Money, Strong Parties, E263-E269 [6MR]

Gaggers and Gag-Making—Hypocrisy Among the Campaign-Finance Reformers, S2119-S2121 [20MR]

House Dems Make Plans To Circumvent Campaign Reform, S2114 [20MR]

It's Not Reform, It's Deception, S2130 [20MR]

Just a Gag? Congress Prepares To Repeal Freedom of Speech, S2126 [20MR]

Just Do It, S2108 [20MR]

Matter of Appearances, S2126 [20MR]

Members Cash in on Kid Contributions, S2146 [20MR]

Minor Loophole—Young Donors Are Increasingly Padding Political Coffers—Officials Fear That Children Are Being Used To Evade Election Laws, S2146-S2148 [20MR]

Natives Slip Through Big Loophole in Campaign Finance, S2127 [20MR]

Not Much ``Reform'' in Campaign Finance Bill, S2113 [20MR]

Now, the Unintended Consequences, S2341 [22MR]

Organized Labor Loophole, S2124 [20MR]

Virtue at Last! (In November), S2125 [20MR]

Why This Lobbyist Backs McCain-Feingold, S2108 [20MR]

With Victories Like These . . . Glaring Inadequacies of Shays-Meehan, S2342 [22MR]

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (see S. 2740), S6947 [17JY] (see H.R. 5120), H4604 [15JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5120), consideration (see H. Res. 488), H4871 [17JY]

Government regulations: disapprove rule relative to prohibited and excessive political contributions (see S.J. Res. 48), S10118 [8OC] (see H.J. Res. 119), H7303 [8OC]

Political campaigns: disclosure of certain electioneering communications disbursements (see H.R. 3680), H140 [5FE]

———establish and administer an escrow account for certain campaign contributions that a political committee intends to return to the contributor (see H.R. 3721), H284 [12FE]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), consideration (see H. Res. 344), H226 [7FE]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 361), H1089 [20MR]

———provide lowest advertising rate, establish airtime requirements for campaign related programming, and create political advertisement voucher system (see S. 3124), S10571 [16OC]

Senate Legal Counsel: authorize testimony and representation in Senator Mitch McConnell, et. al. v. FEC, et al., and consolidation cases (see S. Res. 323), S8300 [5SE]

Taxation: exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see S. 2078), S2413 [9AP] (see H.R. 3993), H1002 [19MR] (see H.R. 4180), H1282 [11AP] (see H.R. 5596), H7892 [10OC]

Briefs

Assessing the Impact of a Ban on Soft Money—Party Soft Money Spending in the 2000 Elections: Ray La Raja and Elizabeth Jarvis-Shean, Institute of Governmental Studies and Citizens Research Foundation, E261-E263 [6MR]

Cloture motions

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), S2002 [18MR], S2111 [20MR]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), motion to proceed, S1840 [13MR]

Descriptions

Exempt State and Local Political Committees From Certain Notification and Reporting Requirements Applicable to Political Organizations (H.R. 5596), H8011 [16OC]

Factsheets

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (H.R. 2356): ACLU, S2131 [20MR]

Campaign Finance Reform—Fact & Fiction: Brennan Center for Justice, S2117 [20MR]

Letters

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act: David M. Mason and Bradley A. Smith, FEC, S2340 [22MR]

———David N. O'Steen, National Right to Life Committee and Charles H. Cunningham, NRA, S2128 [20MR]

———Laura W. Murphy, ACLU, S2131 [20MR]

———Laura W. Murphy, ACLU, and Hillary Shelton, NAACP, S2129 [20MR]

———several organizations, S2130 [20MR]

Use of soft money by a political party national committee to pay off debts or obligations: Larry Noble, Center for Responsive Politics, H371, H388 [13FE]

Memorandums

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act: Patton Boggs LLP, H390 [13FE]

Motions

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H465 [13FE]

Papers

Soft Money Spending by State Parties—Where Does It Really Go? Ray La Raja and Karen Pogoda, Institute of Governmental Studies and Citizens Research Foundation, E269-E273 [6MR]

Press releases

ACLU Campaign Finance Position Protects Free Speech: ACLU, S2342 [22MR]

ACLU Double Play—New Ad Blasts Workplace Discrimination Against Gays, Shows Flaws in Campaign Finance Legislation: ACLU, S2124 [20MR]

Proposals

Technical amendments to H.R. 2356, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, S1529 [5MR]

Regulations

Voting System Accuracy Requirements, H7841 [10OC]

Remarks in House

American Samoa: ability of U.S. nationals to contribute to political campaigns, E183 [15FE]

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act: effective date of soft money ban, H402-H404, H452-H455 [13FE]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H5330-H5332 [24JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5120), H5229-H5273, H5290-H5306 [23JY], H5320, H5322-H5346 [24JY], E1324, E1340 [24JY], E1363, E1370, E1400 [25JY], E1411 [29JY], E1490 [4SE], E1940 [17OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5120), consideration (H. Res. 488), H4909-H4916 [18JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5120), unanimous-consent agreement, H5307, H5308 [23JY]

———require specific identification of funding recipients in appropriations legislation in addition to committee or conference reports, H5332 [24JY]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, H222 [7FE], H5223 [23JY], E1627 [19SE]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H20 [23JA], H57-H59 [24JA], H235, H238, H240-H264, H269-H275, H279, H280 [12FE], H339-H355, H369-H466 [13FE], E175, E176, E178, E181, E183, E184 [15FE]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), consideration (H. Res. 344), H256, H266 [12FE]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), corrections in engrossment, H466 [13FE]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 361), H1073, H1074 [20MR]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), motion to recommit, H465 [13FE]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), unanimous-consent agreement, H266 [12FE]

———increase contribution limits to make expenditures more competitive with those of opponents using personal funds, H430-H432 [13FE]

———regulation of political action committees' funding of candidate advertisements, H438 [13FE]

———require disclosure of funding sources for certain candidate advocacy advertising, H426 [13FE]

———use of soft money to defray costs of construction or purchase of any office building or facility, H456-H459 [13FE]

Taxation: exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations, H1127-H1131 [9AP], H1160 [10AP], E481 [10AP], E504 [11AP]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (H.R. 5596), H8010-H8013 [16OC]

Remarks in Senate

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act: effective date, S2142 [20MR]

Government regulations: disapprove rule relative to prohibited and excessive political contributions (S.J. Res. 48), S10124-S10129 [8OC]

Political campaigns: conversion of campaign funds to personal use and transfer of excess funds to political parties, S2143 [20MR]

———ethics reform and contribution limits, S157 [28JA]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), S793, S796-S799, S831, S832 [14FE], S1141, S1142, S1222 [26FE], S1260 [27FE], S1991-S1997, S2002 [18MR], S2018 [19MR], S2095-S2161, S2174 [20MR], S2319 [22MR]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 361), S2339-S2343 [22MR]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), motion to proceed, S1840, S1841 [13MR]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), motion to proceed—unanimous-consent agreement, S1914, S1915 [14MR]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), unanimous-consent agreement, S2064 [19MR]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), unanimous-consent request, S831 [14FE], S1527-S1530 [5MR], S2037, S2038 [19MR]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S479 [7FE], S699 [13FE]

———increase contribution limits to make expenditures more competitive with those of opponents using personal funds, S2142 [20MR]

———modify reporting requirements for independent expenditures, S2143 [20MR]

———option of party committees to make either independent or coordinated expenditures on behalf of candidates, S2144 [20MR]

———prohibit minors from making contributions or donations to a candidate or a political party, S2145, S2146 [20MR]

———provide lowest advertising rate, establish airtime requirements for campaign related programming, and create political advertisement voucher system (S. 3124), S10583-S10586 [16OC]

———regulation of coordinated expenditures by outside groups, S2144 [20MR]

———use of soft money to defray costs of construction or purchase of any office building or facility, S2143 [20MR]

Senate Legal Counsel: authorize testimony and representation in Senator Mitch McConnell, et. al. v. FEC, et al., and consolidation cases (S. Res. 323), S8327 [5SE]

Taxation: exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (H.R. 5596), S10779-S10781 [17OC]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (S. 2078), S2415 [9AP]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 2356, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 344) (H. Rept. 107-358), H226 [7FE]

Consideration of H.R. 5120, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and Independent Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 488) (H. Rept. 107-585), H4871 [17JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and Independent Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5120) (H. Rept. 107-575), H4604 [15JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2740) (S. Rept. 107-212), S6947 [17JY]

Rulings of the Chair

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5120), H5267 [23JY]

Statements

Ney-Wynn Is the Effective Soft Money Ban: Representative Ney, E261 [6MR]

Summaries

Buying Time 2000—Television Advertising in the 2000 Federal Elections: Brennan Center for Justice, S2118 [20MR]

Tables

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations (H.R. 5120), H5232-H5241 [23JY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 361, corrections in enrollment of H.R. 2356, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, H1073 [20MR]

H. Res. 344, consideration of H.R. 2356, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, H256 [12FE]

H. Res. 488, consideration of H.R. 5120, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations, H4909 [18JY]

H.R. 2356, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, H355-H364 [13FE]

H.R. 5596, exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations, H8011-H8013 [16OC]

S. 3124, Political Campaign Broadcast Activity Improvements Act, S10583-S10585 [16OC]

S. Res. 323, Senate Legal Counsel testimony and representation in Senator Mitch McConnell, et. al. v. FEC, et al., and consolidation cases, S8312, S8327 [5SE]

S.J. Res. 48, disapprove FEC rule relative to prohibited and excessive political contributions, S10128 [8OC]

Transcripts

Bob Dole 1996 Presidential Campaign Advertisement: Republican National Committee, S2115 [20MR]