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      "id": 102958,
      "date": "2001-03-22",
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      "title": "Campaign Finance Reform and Incentives to Voluntarily Limit Candidate Spending From Personal Funds: Constitutional Issues Raised by Public Subsidies and Variable Contribution Limits",
      "summary": "The Supreme Court in  Buckley v. Valeo  ruled that spending limits, including the\namount a candidate\ncan spend on his or her own campaign from personal funds (also known as personal fund\nexpenditure limits) are unconstitutional. The Court did, however, uphold a system of spending\nlimits, on the condition that they are  voluntarily  accepted in exchange for some form of\npublic\nfinancing. As a result of these Court rulings, the concept of various incentives toward voluntary\ncompliance with a personal funds expenditure limit has been developed. This report discusses some\nconstitutional issues raised by two such incentives: public subsidies and variable contribution limits.\n An amendment to  S. 27  (McCain/Feingold), SA 115 (Domenici) (approved 70 to\n30 on March 20, 2001), would raise the limits on contributions to a Senate candidate whose\nopponent exceeds a designated level of personal funding in his or her campaign.",
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