Campaign Finance Laws and Trust in Government David Primo and Jeffrey Milyo
“If we reach a stage in which the people no longer believe that their representatives . . . have in mind the interests of their constituents but also the interests of large money contributors, the fundamental predicate of our system of governance breaks down,” said Seth Waxman, the counsel for the defendants in the December 10, 2003, Supreme Court case of McConnell v. FEC, which effectively banned soft money contributions and upheld most provisions of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, commonly known as the McCain-Feingold act. Read more >>
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Financial markets, Public finance and regulation, Subsidies, Tax policy