In the 2008 presidential election
A) neither Barack Obama nor John McCain agreed to accept public funds for the general election.
B) Barack Obama accepted public funds, but John McCain did not.
C) John McCain accepted public funds, but Barack Obama did not.
D) both Barack Obama and John McCain accepted public funds for the general election, but not in the primary.
E) neither Barack Obama nor John McCain accepted public funds for the general election, but they did accept public funding during their primaries.
The SpeechNow.org v. FEC decision legalized
A) 527 groups.
B) Super PACs.
C) corporate spending advocating specific candidates.
D) 501(c)4 social welfare organizations.
E) Congressional election committees.
The acronym PAC stands for
A) Partial Aid Council.
B) Public Acceptance Council.
C) Prosper and Control.
D) Partisan Able Contracts.
E) Political Action Committee.
Beginning with the 2010 election, corporations were free to run ads directly advocating a candidate's election for the first time since 1907, when Congress first banned using general corporate funds in federal election campaigns. This occurred based on which 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision?
A) Federal Election Commission v. McCain
B) Feingold v. McConnell
C) Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
D) BCRA v. Fox News
E) FEC v. Americans United Trust
Independent, expenditures-only political committees are a legal term by the Federal Elections Committee (FEC) more commonly referred to as
A) political action committees (PACs).
B) 501(c)4 social welfare organizations.
C) 527 committees.
D) independent advocacy organizations (IAOs).
E) Super PACs.
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