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The History of Money in Politics
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9 Dec 2019
A history of the evolving law around the private and public financing of election campaigns in the United States.
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1896 Presidential Election
1907 Corporate Contributions Ban
Utility Company Contribution Ban
1910 Federal Corrupt Practices Act
Theodore Roosevelt's 1910 Speech
1939 Hatch Act
1921 Newberry v. U.S.
1925 Amendment
Teapot Dome scandal
1944 Smith v. Allwright
1974 Amendment to the FECA
1976 Presidential Election
1976 Buckley v. Valeo
The rise of SuperPACs
1943 Smith–Connally Act
First PAC formed
1971 Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA)
1966 Public Election Financing
1978 First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti
FEC allows 'Soft Money'
1986 FEC v. Massachusetts Citizens for Life
2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act
1947 Taft-Hartley Act
McCain for Reform
2010 Citizens United v FEC
1990 Austin v Michigan Chamber of Commerce
2008 Presidential Election
2011 Arizona Freedom PAC v Bennett
2016 Presideintial Election
2012 Presidential Election - Dark Money
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