McCain-Feingold Law

The McCain-Feingold Law, also known as the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, deals with aspects of campaign finance reform and regulation.

One aspect of the McCain-Feingold Law is a rule known as the "stand by your ad" provision. This rule requires candidates to directly acknowledge that they approve of their campaign advertisements, resulting in the ubiquitous proclamation, "I'm [candidate's name], and I approve this message."BNET.com: Stand By Your Ad

• Google News: McCain Feingold Law
• Associated Press: Thompson Defends Campaign Donation Limit (December 19, 2007)
  • Candidate Fred Thompson defended McCain-Feingold to an Iowa audience. "Standing up, putting the government in the right place to do its job, to do things as best we can to minimize the temptation and the opportunity for corruption...is still a valid, solid, conservative concept that I stand for."
• Politico.com: SCOTUS loosens McCain-Feingold provision (2007)
• Time Magazine: A Setback for McCain-Feingold? (2007)
• CNSNews.com: Supreme Court Slaps McCain-Feingold (2007)
• TheHill.com: McCain: "Regrettable" decision (2007)
• Wall Street Journal: Washington Wire: Fred Thompson on McCain-Feingold, Iraq (2007)
• Boston.com: Campaign finance law challenged (2007)
• WashingtonPost.com: "High Court to Revisit Campaign Finance Law" (2007)
• SupremeCourtUS.gov: Full text of Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. v. Federal Election Comm'n decision

• John McCain
  • CNN Archives: McCain: Campaign finance overhaul needed to pass GOP issues (1999)

• Russ Feingold
  • Senate.gov: Statement of Feingold on the Decision in Wisconsin Right to Life v. FEC (2007)

• The U.S. Supreme Court
  • WashingtonPost.com: "Justices Reconsider Campaign Finance" (2007)

• The Onion: McCain, Feingold Co-Sponsor Chain of Integrity-Themed Eateries (2006)