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This book provides a detailed analysis of the role of political action committees (PACs) in the presidential selection process and describes how candidates succeeded in their quest by using precandidacy PACs as shadow campaign organizations.

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In addition to presenting the latest figures from the US campaign finances of the 1998 elections, the author analyzes the costs of campaigning, sources of funding, party financing and "soft money", issue advocacy, the public financing system for presidential campaigns, and options for reform.

In 2002 Congress enacted the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA), the first major revision of federal campaign finance law in a generation. In March 2001, after a fiercely contested and highly divisive seven-year partisan legislative battle, the Senate passed S. 27, known as the McCain-Feingold legislation. The House responded by passing H.R. 2356, companion legislation known as Shays-Meehan, in February 2002. The Senate then approved the Ho...

This book has been integrated with the award-winning and frequently visited Brookings website to provide a timely, interactive tool for policymakers, journalists, and scholars. Four of the countrys leading experts on campaign finance reform have contributed original essays on important facets of finance law and administration. The essays are accompanied by a list of corresponding documents available on the website.

While it is unlikely that any serious presidential candidate would refuse the American public's appetite for open discussion, some issues-- such as what debate format works best-- are still not resolved. In continuation of its longstanding involvement in presidential debates, the Twentieth Century Fund initiated a task force to investigate such questions.

The latest installment of a series that dates back nearly half a century, Financing the 2008 Election is the definitive analysis of how campaign finance and spending shaped the historic presidential and congressional races of 2008.

Since 1960, Financing the Election volumes have presented reliable information on the costs and trends of campaign finance in the United States. In establishing the parameters of electoral campaigns and political spendingand interpreting the resultsFinancing the 2004 Election provides a unique resource for readers and citizens interested in the current state of politics and money in America.