Campaign finance reform

Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Russell Feingold (D-WI) and the media have promoted their campaign finance “reform” bill (McCain-Feingold [S. 27] and Shays-Meehan [H.R. 2356]) as the solution to a “broken system” riddled with “too much money in politics.” They also say that big, powerful, moneyed interests have a pervasive, vested interest in government that […]