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McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform  

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  • AFTER DECADES OF complaints about the excessive influence wielded by high-dollar contributors, the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, better known as McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform, was enacted by Congress in 2001, and in March 2002, President George W Bush signed it into law. The law immediately faced legal challenges, but the Supreme Court upheld its major provisions in May 2003 with only a few changes. [Source: Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior; McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform]

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