[EL] Desperately seeking ... origin of term "independent expenditure"

[Edward Still]

Thanks to everyone who answered (on the list or privately).

Ed

Edward Still
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On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 12:33 PM, <robert.mutch at rcn.com> wrote:

> Ed,
>
> You can find the 1974 FECA conference report at
> http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pur1.32754075988448;view=1up;seq=3.
> Sec. 614 of S. 3044 begins at p. 73.
>
> I don't know when the term "independent expenditure" was first used, but
> Senate committees were looking into expenditures by "independent
> committees" as early as 1940. See the Senate report on the 1940 election,
> which is also at HathiTrust:
> http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015030797321;view=1up;seq=9
>
> Bob Mutch
>
> ------------------------------
> *From: *"Edward Still" <still at votelaw.com>
> *To: *"Election Law" <law-election at uci.edu>
> *Sent: *Tuesday, December 22, 2015 12:13:51 PM
> *Subject: *[EL] Desperately seeking ... origin of term
> "independent        expenditure"
>
>
> Hey, campaign-finance nerds,
>
> I am looking for § 614 of S. 3044, one the bills that went into conference
> and came out as the FECA Amendments of 1974. (Congress.gov does not have
> bill or report texts before the early 1990s.)
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ed
>
> Edward Still
> Edward Still Law Firm LLC
> 429 Green Springs Hwy, STE 161-304
> Birmingham AL 35209
> 205-320-2882
> still at votelaw.com
> www.votelaw.com/blog
> www.edwardstill.com
> www.linkedin.com/in/edwardstill <http://www.linkedin.com/edwardstill>
>
>
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