Proposed Amendments to Federal Corrupt Practices Act: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Privileges and Elections of the Committee on Rules and Administration, United States Senate, Eighty-second Congress, First and Second Session, on Proposed Amendments to the Federal Corrupt Practices Act and Hatch Political Activities ActUnited States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and Administration, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and Administration. Subcommittee on Privileges and Elections U.S. Government Printing Office, 1952 - 201 pages |
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... persons running for the Congress , the House and the Senate . I do not believe that a man can conduct a campaign for the ... person who is directly or indirectly contributing to a political party should be required to report that amount ...
... persons running for the Congress , the House and the Senate . I do not believe that a man can conduct a campaign for the ... person who is directly or indirectly contributing to a political party should be required to report that amount ...
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... persons 21 years of age and over . That is an arbitrary figure , true enough . Now , with this question of information , also you get into the realm of judgment , do you not - and so while that suggestion is of interest , it has been ...
... persons 21 years of age and over . That is an arbitrary figure , true enough . Now , with this question of information , also you get into the realm of judgment , do you not - and so while that suggestion is of interest , it has been ...
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... person ( other than a political committee ) who makes an expenditure in one or more items , other than by contribution to a political committee , aggre- gating $ 50 or more within a calendar year for the purpose of influencing in two or ...
... person ( other than a political committee ) who makes an expenditure in one or more items , other than by contribution to a political committee , aggre- gating $ 50 or more within a calendar year for the purpose of influencing in two or ...
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... person or committee concerned decided incorrectly that filing was not required . Furthermore , this is clear : No one has had the duty of studying the reports which have been filed . No one has had the duty of summarizing the reports ...
... person or committee concerned decided incorrectly that filing was not required . Furthermore , this is clear : No one has had the duty of studying the reports which have been filed . No one has had the duty of summarizing the reports ...
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... persons with the right of qualified citizens to participate in primary , special , and general elections in which Federal officers are to be chosen . This legislation should extend to elections for State as well as Federal officers ...
... persons with the right of qualified citizens to participate in primary , special , and general elections in which Federal officers are to be chosen . This legislation should extend to elections for State as well as Federal officers ...
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Page 87 - ... to or on behalf of any committee or other organization engaged in furthering, advancing, or advocating the nomination or election of any candidate for any such office or the success of any national political party, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
Page 26 - ... register with the Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate, and...
Page 193 - If [this law] were construed to prohibit the publication, by corporations and unions in the regular course of conducting their affairs, of periodicals advising their members, stockholders or customers of danger or advantage to their interests from the adoption of measures, or the election to office of men espousing such measures, the gravest doubt would arise in our minds as to its constitutionality.
Page 32 - The enactment by Congress of a statute protecting the right to qualify for, or participate in, federal or state primaries or elections against discriminatory action by state officers based on race or color, or depending on any other unreasonable classification of persons for voting purposes. This statute would apply to both federal and state elections, but it would be limited to the protection of the right to vote against discriminatory interferences based on race, color, or other unreasonable classification....
Page 16 - 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 86 - Limitations on political contributions and purchases (a) Whoever, directly or indirectly, makes contributions in an aggregate amount in excess of $5,000 during any calendar year, or in connection with any campaign for nomination or election, to or on behalf of any candidate for an elective Federal office...
Page 192 - An amount equal to the amount obtained by multiplying three cents by the total number of votes cast at the last general election for all candidates for the office which the candidate seeks...
Page 17 - That money expended by any such candidate to meet and discharge any assessment, fee, or charge made or levied upon candidates by the laws of the State in which he resides, or...
Page 191 - candidate" means an individual whose name is presented at an election for election as Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress of the United States, whether or not such individual is elected; (c) The term "political committee...
Page 31 - Distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry are by their very nature odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon the doctrine of equality.