How to Improve the Presidential Campaign Fund

By Rep. Steny Hoyer
Special to Roll Call
May 8, 2006, 12 a.m.

Millions of Americans recently completed their 2005 tax returns, and in doing so were asked on the front page of their 1040 if they wanted to designate $3 of their taxes toward the Presidential Election Campaign Fund. Congress established that fund in 1971 as a way of reducing the influence of private money in presidential elections and promoting electoral competition.



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Who could blame hundreds of Members of Congress for joining with a colleague and breast cancer survivor, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), in co-sponsoring legislation aimed at promoting breast cancer education? The problem, according to leading breast cancer scientists and advocacy groups, is the bill would do more harm than good. Read Full Article

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