Bellwork ?

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Bellwork ?

• Take out a piece of paper.
• We are drawing a chart today.
• Turn the page to landscape mode (length-wise).
  At the bottom, write 0,10,20,30,40,50,60,70,80,90,
  100.
• These 's will represent the American people by
  wealth. Now, draw a bar representing their wealth
  in dollar bills.

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Todays Agenda

• Any Announcements?
• Any Questions?
• Let's Review our Bellwork....
• Now...
• Lets Begin Todays Lesson..

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Our Standards Today

• Today's State Standard
• GC.27 Analyze appropriate textual evidence to
  evaluate the roles of polls and campaign
  advertising, and examine the controversies over
  campaign funding. (P)

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Money? Who has it?

• Lets review our bellwork.
• http//www.aflcio.org/Corporate-Watch/Paywatch-201
  4/100-Highest-Paid-CEOs
• Video Time ?

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Our objectives today

• Explain the issues raised by campaign spending.
• Describe the various sources of funding for
  campaign spending.
• Examine federal laws that regulate campaign
  financing.
• Outline the role of the Federal Election
  Commission in enforcing campaign finance laws.

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Elections

• The best argument against democracy is a
  five-minute conversation with the average voter.
  ? Winston Churchill
• Elections belong to the people. It's their
  decision. If they decide to turn their back on
  the fire and burn their behinds, then they will
  just have to sit on their blisters. ? Abraham
  Lincoln
• Democracy cannot succeed unless those who
  express their choice are prepared to choose
  wisely. The real safeguard of democracy,
  therefore, is education. ? Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Campaign Spending
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Money for Something.

• http//time.com/3532419/ballot-measures-corporatio
  ns/

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Some Videos to Explain

• Video 1 A video from the Federal Election
  Commission explaining the Federal Election
  Commission

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What did we know now?

• What do we know now about the Federal Election
  Commission?
• Did you see the words Corporations and
  Contribution Limits in that video? Hmm....

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Citizens United vs FEC

• Is a corporation a person? What do you think?
• Does the First Amendment of Free Speech apply to
  Exxon? Walmart? Insurance Companies?
• What is Citizens United vs FEC???

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Another Video...

• How did Citizens United vs FEC happen?

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Citizens United vs FEC

• How did it happen? What do you think? Why? Do
  you think the Supreme Court ruled correctly? Why
  or why not?

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Another Video....

• Does this person have an opinion on Citizens
  United vs FEC?

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What was her opinion?

• How does her opinion compare to your? Do you see
  errors in her arguments or does some of her
  arguments ring true with your thoughts on the
  topic?

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What is Citizens United vs FEC?

• http//www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/us/politics/22sc
  otus.html?pagewantedall_r0

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Campaign Financing

• Sources of Funding
• a) Private Contributions
• b) Public Treasury

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Contributions

• Small contributors, Wealthy individuals,
  Candidates, PACs, Temporary Organizations and
  Public Funds

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Federal Laws

• They have changed since this textbook was
  printed. Haven't they???
• Remember the boring FEC video? The year 1907?
  That year it became unlawful for any corporation
  or national bank to contribute any money to
  anyone running for a federal office.

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Four Laws Do they even apply now?

• 1971 Federal Election Campaign Act
• 1974 and 1976 Amendments to FECA
• 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act
• Remember, these are only for FEDERAL races
  (President, US Senate, US House)

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Each State Makes their Own Laws

• Remember, per the 10th Amendment in the Bill of
  Rights, States have total control over their
  state and local elections.

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Federal Election Commission

• Four areas of enforcement
• 1) Requires timely disclosure of campaign finance
  data. How much? Who gave it to you?
• 2) Places limits on contributions? What are the
  current limits?
• http//www.fec.gov/pages/brochures/contriblimits.s
  html

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Federal Election Commission

• 3) Place limits on campaign expenditures.
• Is there a limit now?
• http//www.fec.gov/pages/brochures/fecfeca.shtmlI
  ndependent_Expenditures
• 4) Provide public funding for several parts of
  the presidential election process. You check a
  box to give or not give 3.00 to this fund when
  you vote.
• http//www.fec.gov/pages/brochures/pubfund.shtmla
  nchor686308

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Obama and Romney turned down the money
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Here is Why

• http//www.fec.gov/pages/brochures/pubfund.shtmlG
  eneral
• Would you want to limit yourself to spending 20
  million if you can spend 600 million?

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Our objectives today

• Explain the issues raised by campaign spending.
• Describe the various sources of funding for
  campaign spending.
• Examine federal laws that regulate campaign
  financing.
• Outline the role of the Federal Election
  Commission in enforcing campaign finance laws.

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What Did We Learn Today?

• On a separate sheet of paper, answer these
  questions for me to take up and review.
• Assessment Questions
• What are political action committees (PACs)?
• How do hard money and soft money differ? Compare
  and explain.
• Explain why you agree or disagree with this
  statement Democracy would be best served if
  campaigns were entirely supported by the small
  contributions of millions of American voters.