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- The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971
- Facts: The bill went through the House and Senate No sponsors that I can find Amended in 1974 to enforce the lawAmended in 1976 to establish new contribution lawsamended in 1979 to simplify campaign discloser requirements
- The law regulates political campaign fundraising and spending
- The law: Bans foreign nationals from making contributionsLimits Federal campaign spending Adds penalties for election law violations Imposes disclosure requirements for federal political campaigns Limits amount candidates can contribute to their campaigns
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- President Nixon vetoed the act, stating "The chief problem with the bill then before me was that it did not limit overall costs but applied only to radio and television" https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-signing-the-federal-election-campaign-act-1971
- https://gwhatchet.com/2025/11/06/journalist-reexamines-watergate-scandal-in-talk-about-new-book/ reexamines the watergate scandal. The scandal is important to the Federal Ecection campaign act becasue the scandal enforced the law and made it more necessary for further elections.
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- In 1976, The bill went to the supreme court in Buckley vs. Valeo. The arguement was that spending limits betrayed the first amendment, but the court held that spending limits were constitutional, and they established new contribution limits and addressed PAC financing issues.
- My opinion is that the bill needs to be put in place. I would have voted for it because campaigns need limits and the Watergate scandal helps prove it.
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