Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments of 1974

The Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) Amendments of 1974 were designed to reduce corruption in elections, especially after the Watergate scandal showed how much money could influence politics. The law set limits on how much could be donated to people running for office and created the Federal Election Commission as an enforcement body. After debates and changes made to the bill, President Gerald Ford signed the FECA 1974 Amendments into law.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.