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Rethinking the Campaign Finance Agenda by Michael J. Malbin

Overview and Preliminary Report on State Donors and Volunteers, Presented at 2007 APSA Conference

Ups and Downs of Small Donors: An Analysis of Pre- and Post-BCRA Contributions to Federal Candidates and Parties, 1999-2006

Small Donors and Online Giving: A Study of Donors to the 2004 Presidential Campaigns.


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  CFI Conventions 2008 Project has released three reports on this year's national party
   conventions in Denver, CO and Minnepolis, MN. Click here for a complete archive of CFI's
    current and past work on conventions

Update Aug. 20: Financiers Have Spent Nearly $1.5 billion on Federal Campaign Contributions and Lobbying Since 2005 Inside Fundraising for the 2008 Party Conventions: Party Surrogates Gather Soft Money While Federal Regulators Turn a Blind Eye (June, 2008)

Donors to Party Conventions Have Spent Over $800 Million on Federal Campaign Contributions and Lobbying Since 2005 (June, 2008)

Update of CFI June 18 Analysis of Convention Corporate and Other Donors: Donors to Party Conventions Have Spent Over $1 Billion on Federal Lobbying Since 2005 (July, 2008)

Senate Electronic Disclosure - The Senate Campaign Disparity Act (S. 223) would require Senate candidates to file their campaign finance reports electronically.

Update:

Nov. 15: Feinstein Letter to Sen. Ensign Urges Withdrawal of Unrelated Amendment
Nov. 12: Diverse Nonprofit Groups Condemn Ensign Amendment Obstructing Electronic Disclosure Bill 		Find out more:

S.223: Cosponsors | Text |
Additional CFI reports & news coverage

The Ups and Downs of Small and Large Donors

A report from CFI's Participation Project: An Analysis of Pre- and Post BCRA Contributions To Federal Parties and Candidates, 1999-2006

Main findings: for parties: small contributions are way up; large ones are down but for congress: the opposite is true

Policy implication: with presidential candidates also raising record amounts, mostly from large donors it's time to put small donors on the agenda

Read more here | Complete report (pdf)