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Handout F: Timeline of Campaign Finance Reform Initiates

Handout F: Timeline of Campaign Finance Reform Initiatives

Date Law/Supreme Court Case Main Effect
1907 Tillman Act
1910 Federal Corrupt Practices Act
1939 Hatch Act
1947 Taft-Hartley Act
1971 Federal Elections Campaign Acts
1974 Federal Elections Campaign Acts
1976 Buckley v. Valeo
2002 Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act (BCRA)
2003 McConnell v. F.E.C.
2010 Citizens United v. F.E.C.