June 1, 2001
Reinventing Politics
The Best Politicians Money can Buy?

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Websites

Federal Election Commission - http://www.fec.gov

In 1975, Congress created the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to administer and enforce the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) - the statute that governs the financing of federal elections. This site is the source of virtually all contribution information, including contributions by individuals. Most information dates from the mid to late 1990's.

Center for Responsive Politics - http://www.crp.org

A non-partisan non-profit organization, CRP specializes in the study of Congress and particularly the role that money plays in its elections and actions. The best site for looking at recent money information (1998-). Can look up by organization, politician, industry. Information downloaded from the FEC (above) and re-packaged.

 

American University Campaign Finance Website - http://www1.soc.american.edu/campfin/

Maintained by American University School of Communication, this site was designed to "help journalists improve their coverage of campaign finance issues." Contains data from 1996 - 2000 campaigns; summaries, tables, and downloadable files (from the FEC website, above)

 

Public Campaign - http://www.publicampaign.org/

Non profit non-partisan organization dedicated to sweeping reform that aims to dramatically reduce the role of special interest money in America's elections and the influence of big contributors in American politics.

 

Brookings Insitute Campaign Finance - http://www.brook.edu/campaignfinance/

The special focus of this site is campaign finance law and administration. It provides critical background information on current law and regulations, tracks important legal developments in court cases and administrative decisions, and reports on proposed new legislation and other reform proposals.
 

Books
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Articles
Chressanthis, George A., and Stephen D. Shaffer. "PAC contributions and the return of incumbent U.S. senators." Quarterly Review of Economics and Business 31, no. 2 (1991): 78-83. 
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Snyder, James M., Jr. "Long-term investing in politicians - or, give early, give often." Journal of Law and Economics 35, no. 1 (1992): 15-44. 
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Blasi, Vincent. "Free speech and the widening gyre of fund-raising: why campaign spending limits may not violate the First Amendment after all." Columbia Law Review 94, no. 4 (1994): 1281-1325. 
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Foley, Edward B. "Equal dollars per voter: a constitutional principle of campaign finance." Columbia Law Review 94, no. 4 (1994): 1204-1257. 
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Hersch, Philip L., and Gerald S. McDougall. "Campaign war chests as a barrier to entry in congressional races." Economic Inquiry 32, no. 4 (1994): 630-641. 
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Strauss, David A. "Corruption, equality, and campaign finance reform." Columbia Law Review 94, no. 4 (1994): 1369-1389. 
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Epstein, David, and Peter Zemsky. "Money talks: deterring quality challengers in congressional elections." American Political Science Review 89, no. 2 (1995): 295-308. 
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Theilmann, John, and Allen Wilhite. "Congressional turnover: negating the incumbency advantage." Social Science Quarterly 76, no. 3 (1995): 594-606. 
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Box-Steffensmeier, Janet M. "A dynamic analysis of the role of war chests in campaign strategy." American Journal of Political Science 40, no. 2 (1996): 352-371. 
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Dwyre, Diana. "Spinning straw into gold: soft money and U.S. House elections." Legislative Studies Quarterly 21, no. 3 (1996): 409-424.
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Gierzynski, Anthony, and David Breaux. "Legislative elections and the importance of money." Legislative Studies Quarterly 21, no. 3 (1996): 337-358. 
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Smith, Bradley A. "Faulty assumptions and undemocratic consequences of campaign finance reform." Yale Law Journal 105, no. 4 (1996): 1049-[1091]. 
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Gross, Donald A., Todd G. Shields, and Robert K. Goidel. "Campaign finance reform and the 1994 congressional elections." Policy Studies Journal 25, Summer (1997): 215-234. 
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Haynes, Audrey A., Paul Henri Gurian, and Stephen M. Nichols. "The role of candidate spending in presidential nomination campaigns." Journal of Politics 59, no. 1 (1997): 213-225. 
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Judis, John B. "Goo-goos versus populists." American Prospect 30, Jan./Feb. (1997): 12-14. 
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Levine, Betram J. "Campaign finance reform legislation in the United States Congress: a critique." Crime Law and Social Change 28, no. 1 (1997): 1-26.
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Brubaker, Stanley C. "The limits of campaign spending limits." The Public Interest 133, Fall (1998): 33-54. 
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Grant, Alan. "The politics of American campaign finance." Parliamentary Affairs 51, no. 2 (1998): 223-240. 
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Hinkle, Charles F. "Can campaign finance reform coexist with the First Amendment?" Human Rights 25, no. 1 (1998): 16-18. 
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Kroszner, Randall S., and Thomas Stratmann. "Interest-group competition and the organization of Congress: theory and evidence from financial services' political action committees." The American Economic Review 88, no. 5 (1998): 1163-1187. 
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Lee, Tena Jamison. "A pro and con debate: How much campaign finance reform do we need?" Human Rights 25, no. 1 (1998): 14-15+.
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Starr, Paul. "The loophole we can't close. McCain-Feingold bill and the First Amendment." American Prospect 36, Jan./Feb. (1998): 6-9.
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Stratmann, Thomas. "The market for congressional votes: is timing of contributions everything?" Journal of Law and Economics 41, no. 1 (1998): 85-113. 
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Box-Steffensmeier, Janet M., and J. Tobin Grant. "All in a day's work: the financial rewards of legislative effectiveness." Legislative Studies Quarterly 24, no. 4 (1999): 511-524. 
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Carney, Eliza Newlin. "A lose-lose situation on campaign reform?" National Journal 31, no. 32 (1999): 2316-2317. 
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Mandle, Jay, and Jon Mandle. "Elections as a public good." Challenge 42, no. 5 (1999): 50-62. 
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Milyo, Jeffrey, and Timothy Groseclose. "The electoral effects of incumbent wealth." Journal of Law and Economics 42, no. 2 (1999): 699-722. 
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"Beyond checkbook democracy. Special issue." American Prospect 11, no. 21 (2000): 21-53.
A special section on money and politics 
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Ansolabehere, Stephen, and James M. Snyder, Jr. "Soft money, hard money, strong parties." Columbia Law Review 100, no. 3 (2000): 598-619. 
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Briffault, Richard. "The political parties and campaign finance reform." Columbia Law Review 100, no. 3 (2000): 620-666. 
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Bussey, Jane. "Campaign finance goes global." Foreign Policy 118, Spring (2000): 74-84. 
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Foerstel, Karen, and Peter Wallsten. "Campaign overhaul mired in money and loopholes." CQ Weekly, May 13 2000, 1084-1093. 
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Kaminer, Wendy. "Speech isn't cheap." American Prospect 11, no. 17 (2000): 38-39. 
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Lott, John R., Jr. "A simple explanation of why campaign expenditures are increasing: the government is getting bigger." Journal of Law and Economics 43, no. 2 (2000): 359-393. 
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Nelson, Justin A. "The supply and demand of campaign finance reform." Columbia Law Review 100, no. 2 (2000): 524-557. 
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Shields, Todd G., and Robert K. Goidel. "Who contributes? Checkbook participation, class biases, and the impact of legal reforms, 1952-1994." American Politics Quarterly 28, no. 2 (2000): 216-233.
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Ware, Alan. "Anti-partism and party control of political reform in the United States: the case of the Australian ballot." British Journal of Political Science 30, no. 1 (2000): 1-29. 
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Yang, Elizabeth. "Balancing campaign finance reform against the First Amendment." Social Education 64, no. 5 (2000): 320-324. 
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