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Candidates and Campaigns: Campaign Finance: Laws and Loopholes
The excessive amounts of money invested in political campaigns has resulted in demands for reform. Individual and party contributions to campaigns are limited by law. These hard money contributions can be spent any way the candidates choose. There i...
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Campaign Finance (Part One)
Former Secretary of State James A. Baker talks about campaign finance reform. Secretary Baker advocates raising the amount one can contribute to a federal race, because doing so would lessen the influence of "soft money" on political campaigns. He a...