For Mr. Fuller's American Government class at Anderson High School

1. By: Alec Vivian, Ben Wadley, and
Christeena Parsons.

2.  In 1975, Congress created the Federal
Election Commission (FEC) to
administer and enforce the Federal
Election Campaign Act (FECA).
 The duties of the FEC are to disclose
campaign finance information, to
enforce the provisions of the law such as
the limits and prohibitions on
contributions, and to oversee the public
funding of Presidential elections.

3.  The Commission is made up of six
members, who are appointed by the President
of the Unites States and confirmed by the
United States Senate. Each member serves a
six-year term, and two seats are subject to
appointment every two years.

4. 2012 2010 2008 2006 2004
$6 $4 $5 $3 $4
Billion Billion Billion Billion Billion

5. •BCRA stands for Bipartisan Campaign
Reform Act
•It regulates financial spending of political
campaigns
•Intended to get money out of politics

6.  When: October 23, 2002.
 Why: Election spending was out of control.
Election focused too much on raising money
for the campaign instead of the issues. Time
was being wasted in the effort to raise and
spend money on election campaign.
 John McCain and Russ Feingold

7.  Stands for Political Action Committee
 PACs are political committees that raise money
to fund candidates in elections
 They are usually represented by businesses or
other large organizations
 They PACs raise money to reelect and defeat
candidates

8.  Any individual who donates money to fund
candidates in an election.
 They can raise or donate any amount of cash to
support a campaign.

9.  Obama, Barack (D) PRES $327,868,932 Winner
 Romney, Mitt (R) PRES $160,074,693 Lost

10.  -Wealthy and powerful businessmen or
politicians
 -EX.: Bill Gates, Donald Trump, Michael Eisner
(Former CEO of Disneyworld), Mitt
Romney, Steven Spielberg.

11.  -Those contribution that are given directly to
candidates for their campaigns from congress or the
whitehouse.
 -Limited in amount & must be reported.
 -Ex.: Mitt Romney asked for money for his campaign
from congress, and Obama asked for money from the
white house.

12.  -Funds given to parties in unlimited amounts to be
used for “Party Building Activities”.
 -given to by the public, large corporations, fat cats, and
other big third party contributors willing to inject sums
of cash into their favored parties.
 -Ex.: party national conventions, get-out-to-vote drives.

13.  -Occurred as a result of the Watergate affair
Richard Nixon had (which led to his
resignation).
 -Congress attempted to ferret out corruption in
political campaigns.
 -Restricted financial contribution to candidates.
 -Passed by 7 votes to 1.

14.  -Main question: Did these restrictions violate
first amendment rights of the speech and
associations clause?
 -The limit on total campaign expenditures was
violating first amendment rights.
 -Limits to individual injections on their
campaigns was believed to not violate 1st
amendment rights.

15.  -Resulted from a documentary made about Hillary
Clinton.
 -The film was critical to her candidacy for her
party’s Presidential Nomination.
 -The film was to be released 30 days before the
primary elections.
 -Citizens United sought declaratory and
injunctive relief from the BCRA.
 -The District Court denied CU a preliminary
injunction, as it violated the point that no
“electioneering communication” can be displayed
30 days before an election.

16.  Citizens United argued that Hillary (The documentary)
was not “electioneering communication” because it is
not “publicly distributed”
 -Argued that it violated free speech.
 -Argued that a communication “is the functional
equivalent of express advocacy only if it is susceptible
of no reasonable interpretation other than as an appeal
to vote for or against a specific candidate.”
 -Argued that documentary making does not distort the political
process more or less than television ads.
 The court decided that the Campaign Finance reform
act in the BCRA’s notions to add provisions to disallow
citizens from showing political movies 30 days before
elections, claiming that these changes would be
unconstitutional.

17. Who were the two people that proposed the
BCRA?
A. John McCain and Bill Clinton
B. Bill Clinton and John Valeo
C. Russ Feingold and John McCain
D. John Valea and Russ Feingold

18.  ______ was the court case that let Federal law
prohibit corporations and Unions from using their
general treasury funds to make independent
expenditure.
A) Citizens united v. Federal Elections Commission
B) The Watergate Scandal
C) Campaign Finance Reform Act
D) Buckley v. Valeo

19.  ______ resulted from the Watergate affair as
Congress attempted to secret out corruption from
political campaigns.
A) The FEC
B) Buckley v. Valeo
C) Campaign Finance Reform Act
D) Citizens United v. FEC

20.  _____ are contributions given directly to candidates
for their campaigns from Congress, and _____ are
funds given to parties in unlimited amounts for “Party
building activities”.
A) Soft money, hard money
B) Surpluses, soft money
C) Hard money, surpluses
D) Hard money, soft money

21.  Congress created this in order to administer and
enforce the Federal Election Campaign Act.
A) Electoral College
B) Federal Election Commission
C) Federal Finance Campaign
D) Senate