Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971: Hearings, Ninety-second Congress, First Session, on S. 1, S. 382, and S. 956 ..., Volume 1 |
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1970 GENERAL ELECTION amended amount ANNOUNCEMENTS DOLLARS bill BROADCASTING AND CABLECASTING CABLE TELEVISION TELEVISION campaign expenditures campaign financing campaign spending ceiling cents Chairman CHARGES FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS Commission Comptroller CONG.DIST.NO Congress congressional contributors debate disclosure district effective ELECTION POLITICAL BROADCASTING electorate fairness doctrine favor Federal Communications Commission Federal Elections Commission Federal office filed funds going HARTKE House incumbent individual KLEINDIENST legislation lowest unit major million networks newspaper Nixon NON NET NON-NETWORK DEMOCRAT paign person political advertising political campaigns political committee political contributions political party primary election problem proposal provisions public office question RADIO CABLE TELEVISION reform repeal REPUBLICAN section 315 Senator BAKER Senator Cook Senator HART Senator PASTORE Senator SCOTT spent spot statement subcommittee subsection tax credit TELEVISION RADIO CABLE TELEVISION TELEVISION RADIO thereof tion U.S. REPRESENTATIVES U.S. SENATOR veto Vice President vote voters
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Page 335 - ... in connection with any election at which Presidential and Vice Presidential electors or a Senator or Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident commissioner to Congress are to be voted for, or in connection with any primary election or political convention or caucus held to select candidates for any of the foregoing offices, or for any candidate, political committee, or other person to accept or receive any contribution prohibited by this section.
Page 518 - It is the purpose of the First Amendment to preserve an uninhibited marketplace of ideas in which truth will ultimately prevail, rather than to countenance monopolization of that market, whether it be by the Government itself or a private licensee.
Page 518 - It is the right of the public to receive suitable access to social, political, esthetic, moral, and other ideas and experiences which is crucial here. That right may not constitutionally be abridged either by Congress or by the FCC.
Page 116 - CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AT THE SECOND SESSION, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON ON MONDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF DECEMBER, ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN. JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
Page 13 - It shall be the duty of the treasurer to obtain and keep a receipted bill, stating the particulars, for every expenditure by or on behalf of a political committee exceeding $10 in amount. The treasurer shall preserve all receipted bills and accounts required to be kept by this section for a period of at least two years from the date of the filing of the statement containing such items.
Page 80 - Commission and three members thereof shall constitute a quorum. (c) The Commission shall have an official seal which shall be judicially noticed. (d) The Commission shall at the close of each fiscal year report to the Congress and to the President concerning the action it has taken; the names, salaries, and duties of all individuals in its employ and the moneys it has disbursed; and shall make such further reports on the cause of and means of eliminating discrimination and such recommendations for...
Page 13 - ... in connection with any primary election or political convention or caucus held to select candidates for any political office, or for any corporation whatever. or any labor organization to make a contribution or expenditure in connection with any election at which Presidential and Vice Presidential electors or a Senator or Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident commissioner to Congress are to be voted for...
Page 486 - Act to operate in the public interest and to afford reasonable opportunity for the discussion of conflicting views on issues of public importance.
Page 69 - Congress, or any special consideration in obtaining any such benefit, to any person as consideration, favor, or reward for any political activity or for the support of or opposition to any candidate...
Page 458 - To say that Congress is without power to pass appropriate legislation to safeguard such an election from the improper use of money to influence the result is to deny to the nation in a vital particular the power of self protection.