The Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act of 1999 seeks to reform our nation's campaign system by banning soft money, requiring electric filing of Federal Election Committee reports, and restricting the use of union dues for political activity. Although the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act is not a perfect piece of legislation, I believe it will help restore fairness, equality, and responsibility to the campaign system. The Shays-Meehan legislation will improve the current system by actually limiting the influence of major political donors and the power of soft money. This bill will ban solicitation of soft money from government buildings. And, more importantly, this bill will ban direct or indirect foreign national contributions, including soft money, in connection with any election.
Foreign influence has no place in American campaigns and elections.
The Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act of 1999 will help begin to address the fundamental flaws of our current campaign system. With campaign finance reform in place, voters can look forward to fair campaigns that will driven not by the amount of campaign funds raised, but rather by the intelligent debate of issues concerning American voters.