. . . . . . "2002-02-14"^^ . . "Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act"@en . . . . "2002-03-20"^^ . . . . . "2001.0"^^ . . . . "BCRA"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "20976"^^ . . "240"^^ . . "The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (Pub.L. 107\u2013155 (text) (PDF), 116 Stat. 81, enacted March 27, 2002, H.R. 2356), commonly known as the McCain\u2013Feingold Act or BCRA (pronounced \"bik-ruh\"), is a United States federal law that amended the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, which regulates the financing of political campaigns. Its chief sponsors were senators Russ Feingold (D-WI) and John McCain (R-AZ). The law became effective on 6 November 2002, and the new legal limits became effective on January 1, 2003. As noted in McConnell v. FEC, a United States Supreme Court ruling on BCRA, the Act was designed to address two issues: \n* The increased role of soft money in campaign financing, by prohibiting national political party committees from raising or spending any funds not subject to federal limits, even for state and local races or issue discussion; \n* The proliferation of issue advocacy ads, by defining broadcast ads that name a federal candidate within 30 days of a primary or caucus or 60 days of a general election as \"electioneering communications\", and prohibiting any such ad paid for by a corporation (including non-profit issue organizations such as Right to Life or the Environmental Defense Fund) or paid for by an unincorporated entity using any corporate or union general treasury funds. The decision in Citizens United v. FEC overturns this provision, but not the ban on foreign corporations or foreign nationals in decisions regarding political spending. Although the legislation is known as \"McCain\u2013Feingold\", the Senate version is not the bill that became law. Instead, the companion legislation, H.R. 2356\u2014introduced by Rep. Chris Shays (R-CT), is the version that became law. Shays\u2013Meehan was originally introduced as H.R. 380."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "107"^^ . . . "BCRA's lead sponsors, Senator John McCain and Senator Russ Feingold"@en . . . "145"^^ . . "House"@en . "107"^^ . . . . . . "1106933689"^^ . . . . . "Le Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) de 2002, officiellement An act to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide bipartisan campaign reform et couramment appel\u00E9e McCain\u2013Feingold Act, du nom de deux s\u00E9nateurs \u00E0 l'origine de la proposition de loi, le r\u00E9publicain John McCain et le d\u00E9mocrate Russ Feingold, est une loi f\u00E9d\u00E9rale des \u00C9tats-Unis qui limite les d\u00E9penses engag\u00E9es en mati\u00E8re de publicit\u00E9s \u00E9lectorales, visant en particulier les sommes importantes apport\u00E9es \u00E0 certains candidats par des entreprises, qu'elles soient bas\u00E9es aux \u00C9tats-Unis ou ailleurs."@fr . . . "House"@en . . . . . . . . . . "Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002"@en . . . "The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (Pub.L. 107\u2013155 (text) (PDF), 116 Stat. 81, enacted March 27, 2002, H.R. 2356), commonly known as the McCain\u2013Feingold Act or BCRA (pronounced \"bik-ruh\"), is a United States federal law that amended the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, which regulates the financing of political campaigns. Its chief sponsors were senators Russ Feingold (D-WI) and John McCain (R-AZ). The law became effective on 6 November 2002, and the new legal limits became effective on January 1, 2003."@en . . "116"^^ . . . . . "60"^^ . . "2002-03-27"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "left"@en . . . . . . . . . "McCain\u2013Feingold, Shays\u2013Meehan"@en . . . . . . "Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act"@fr . "396564"^^ . "2001-06-28"^^ . . "Senate"@en . . . "An act to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide bipartisan campaign reform."@en . . "Chris Shays"@en . . . "2001.0"^^ . . . "Le Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) de 2002, officiellement An act to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide bipartisan campaign reform et couramment appel\u00E9e McCain\u2013Feingold Act, du nom de deux s\u00E9nateurs \u00E0 l'origine de la proposition de loi, le r\u00E9publicain John McCain et le d\u00E9mocrate Russ Feingold, est une loi f\u00E9d\u00E9rale des \u00C9tats-Unis qui limite les d\u00E9penses engag\u00E9es en mati\u00E8re de publicit\u00E9s \u00E9lectorales, visant en particulier les sommes importantes apport\u00E9es \u00E0 certains candidats par des entreprises, qu'elles soient bas\u00E9es aux \u00C9tats-Unis ou ailleurs. Plusieurs de ses dispositions ont cependant \u00E9t\u00E9 restreintes ou annul\u00E9es par la Cour supr\u00EAme au nom du 1er amendement \u00E0 la Constitution, concernant la libert\u00E9 d'expression. Plusieurs arr\u00EAts ont concern\u00E9 cette loi, dont Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, en janvier 2010, qui a fait l'objet d'une critique s\u00E9v\u00E8re du pr\u00E9sident Barack Obama."@fr . . "2002-11-06"^^ . . . . . . "Russ Feingold Official Portrait 3.jpg"@en . . . . . "John McCain official portrait 2009.jpg"@en .