DOCUMENTS IN THE NEWS - 1998
United States Politics

Campaign Finance Reform

Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Bill (105th Congress)
• The main bill, S. 25 (McCain/Feingold), was put on hold
• The Shays/Meehan Bill, H.R. 2183 was passed by the House on August 6, 1998 and was introduced by Rep. Hutchinson
• Search THOMAS by bill number for the text, digest, speeches in the Congressional Record, and legislative status
• The corresponding bill in the 104th Congress was S. 1219
Campaign Finance Reform (EPN)
• Text of analytical articles on campaign finance reform
• Hot links to think tank and state government sites
• Succint annotations
Campaign Finance Reform (Natl.Center for Policy Analysis)
• Full text of several articles on both sides of the issue
• Includes bills and think tank opinions
• Among subjects are spending limits, PACs, disclosure, public financing, state laws, and union activities
Campaign Finance Reform Hearing, July 1997
• Hearings being held by the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
• C-Span
  • Real audio coverage of the hearings
• CNN
  • Gavel-to-gavel news coverage
  • Includes text of opening statements
• Congressional Compass (UMich Only)
  • Expected to carry transcripts of selected testimony
  • Search under Congressional Publications/Testimony
• Democratic Hearings Update
  • Democratic Party's view of the issues
• Follow the Money (PBS)
  • Highlights issues raised by the hearings
• Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
  • Includes subpoenas
  • Will eventually include a list of witnesses and press releases
• Washington Post Coverage
  • News articles
Campaign Finance Reform Hearing
• Full text of House Oversight Committee hearing on November 16, 1995
• Available from GPO Access via the University of California at San Diego
• Choose hearing from menu and then search by keyword
• Phrases should be enclosed in parentheses and Boolean operators (AND, OR) should be capitalized
• Table of Contents lists individual segments of the hearing; the overall Table of Contents is listed as Campaign Finance Reform Legislation (9439 bytes)
Campaign Finance Statistics
• Federal Election Commission
  • Summary receipts and disbursements of Presidential and all Congressional candidates in 1996
  • Image files of individual campaign committee reports beginning with the 1997/98 cycle
  • Detailed files with individual contributors for 1993/94 and 1995/96 must be downloaded
• FECInfo (Tony Raymond)
  • 1996 Congressional and Presidential campaign contributions searchable by name, state, Political Action Committee, or individual
  • Special analyses include contributors by occupation or zip code and candidates receiving the most out-of-state money
  • User-friendly interface
Campaign Reform (Washington Post)
• Summary of the issues
• Links to bills in the 104th Congress
• Presidential candidate opinions
• Timeline of changes beginning 1971
Cashing In
• Subtitle: A Guide to Money, Votes, and Public Policy in the 104th Congress
• Analyzes 42 issues and 28 roll call votes in the 104th Congress on household finance, tax, environmental, and health issues
• Identifies the votes of key Congressmen and the campaign funding received by lobby groups who took positions on the issues
• Users may also search an issue to determine the votes of individual Members of Congress or the alignments within a state or party
• Search results include the Member's vote and the campaign contributions received from the corresponding lobby group
Center for Responsive Politics
• Non-partisan research group monitoring campaign reform
• Congressional campaign finance filings
• Open Secrets
  • Lobby group campaign contributions to Members of Congress arranged by industry and separately by member
  • Web version in Adobe Acrobat format corresponds to paper version in Documents Center (JK 1991 .M261)
Common Cause
• Citizen lobby group promoting campaign finance report
• Project Independence petition drive for campaign reform
• Articles and campaign finances of Congress
Justice Department Investigation
• Expansion of 1996 Campaign Fundraising Investigation
  • Press release from Attorney General Janet Reno dated September 16, 1997
• Federal Law on Campaign Solicitation
  • United States Code, Title 5, Sections 7322ff presumably in question
Think Tank Reports
• Mother Jones 400 Central
  • Searchable and browsable list of top 400 campaign contributors
  • Provides name, amount, industry affiliation and related notes
• Brookings Institution
  • Proposals and issues before the 105th Congress
  • Links to articles and opinion pieces
  • Campaign Finance Sourcebook brings together history, laws and court decisions; summary in HTML format and full version in Adobe Acrobat format

Gingrich Resignation

CNN Report
• CNN news story on Newt Gingrich's resignation as Speaker from the House and from Congress
• Bob Livingston's plan to run as speaker
• Steve Largent's plan to challenge Dick Armey as majority leader
Biographies of Players
• SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
  • Newt Gingrich
    • Newt Gingrich House Web Site
    • Newt Gingrich (CQ Alert)
  • Bob Livingston
    • Bob Livingston House Web Site
    • Bob Livingston (CQ Alert)
  • Christopher Cox (Withdrew)
    • Chris Cox House Web Site
    • Christopher Cox (CQ Alert)
• MAJORITY LEADER
  • Dick Armey
    • Dick Armey House Web Site
    • Dick Armey (CQ Alert)
  • Steve Largent
    • Steve Largent House Web Site
    • Steve Largent (CQ Alert)
  • Jennifer Dunn
    • Jennifer Dunn House Web Site
• HOUSE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
  • John Boehner (Incumbent)
    • John Boehner House Web Site
  • J.C. Watts
    • J.C. Watts House Web Site
Republican Web sites
• House Majority Leader (Armey)
• House Majority Whip (DeLay)
• House Republican Conference (Boehner)
• House Republican Policy Committee (Cox)
• National Republican Congressional Committee (Linder)
• Office of the Speaker (Gingrich)
  • Includes Gingrich resignation statement
• Republican National Committee

Livingston Resignation

Resignation Announcement
• Bob Livingston's Statement on Marital Infidelity (December 17, 1998)
• Text of Bob Livingston's Resignation Announcement
Dennis Hastert
• Rep. Hastert's House Web Site
  • Speakership announcement and position on issues
• Congressional Quarterly Profile
  • Political biography and description of district
  • Election results, lobby group ratings, speeches, bills introduced










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