Am I the only one that thinks the 527s have been a huge negative in politics? I know the intent of McCain-Feingold was good but this is IMNHO a huge huge oversight. In prior elections each campaign had to police their own to keep them from going around the bend with negative ads, accusations and the like. With the 527s the fringe elements of both parties can do whatever they like, however they want and there's little the candidate or party can do to temper those messages. I submit we should remove all restrictions on money in politics and simply require 100% disclosure of who is funding what. Anything else ends up with nasty unintended consequences.
Feds eye Stevens' home remodeling project
Feds eye Stevens' home remodeling project . Thank God they're going after this guy. He's been so brazen with his porkbarreling and the whiff of corruption around him has been ripe enough to smell from here. I'd rather have a 100% democrat run Congress if they were ethical. Term limits. One term for Senate, two for the House, one for the President. Some fear that would increase the power of lobbyists. Simple, ban any former members from being lobbyists and limit lobbyists to terms as well. (I'm not sure how that would work. Just a thought.) The other answer is transparency. No earmarks without a floor vote. No spending of any kind without a floor vote. All spending committees (intelligence aside) open to the public and recorded and available on the web.
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