Glossary Definition:

BCRA/McCain-Feingold: BCRA is an acronym for the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, which is also know as McCain-Feingold after its two primary sponsors in the U.S. Senate. BCRA amended existing law. Among its most important provisions were a ban on soft money in federal elections and new regulations for electioneering communications.

Statutes and/or Regulations:

BCRA: Codified at 2 U.S.C. §§ 431 et. seq. and scattered sections of 47 U.S.C.

BCRA Text (Public Law 107-155)

BCRA Regulations

Commentary:

Legal Center website on BCRA, the FEC's rulemaking process to implement the law, and the litigaiton challenging the law.

Analysis and History of BCRA, Brookings Institution

An Analysis of BCRA, Don Simon, Common Cause

Reports:

"In the Wake of BCRA: An Early Report on Campaign Finance in the 2004 Elections," Anthony Corrado and Thomas E. Mann, printed in the Forum

How the Federal Election Commission is Undermining BCRA, Public Citizen

Private Funding of Public Conventions Post-BCRA, Campaign Finance Institute

A Study of Fundraising by So-called 527 Groups Post-BCRA, Center for Responsive Politics