McCain-Feingold Act

McCain-Feingold Act
n.
The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, a federal law that sets rules for campaign finance, limiting the amounts of money that contributors can donate and regulating the types of advertising that campaigns may use to raise money.

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