PUBLIC FINANCING OF FEDERAL ELECTIONS

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON PRIVILEGES AND ELECTION

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

RULES AND ADMINISTRATION

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 1103

TO PROVIDE FOR PUBLIC FINANCING OF CAMPAIGNS FOR

NOMINATION FOR ELECTION, OR ELECTION, TO THE CON-

GRESS OF THE UNITED STATES

S. 1954

TO PROVIDE FOR PUBLIC FINANCING OF CAMPAIGNS FOR

FEDERAL ELECTIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

S. 2417

TO AMEND THE FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN ACT OF

1971 TO PROVIDE PUBLIC FINANCING OF CAMPAIGN COSTS

INCURRED IN CAMPAIGNS FOR ELECTION TO FEDERAL

OFFICE, TO REPEAL THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAM-

PAIGN FUND ACT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

SEPTEMBER 18, 19, 20, AND 21, 1973

Printed for the use of the Committee on Rules and Administration

HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey MARK O. HATFIELD, O

WILLIAM MCWHORTER COCHRANE, Staff Director

HUGH Q. ALEXANDER, Chief Counsel

JOSEPH E. O'LEARY, Professional Staff Member (Mino

JOHN P. CODER, Professional Staff Member

SUBCOMMITTEE ON PRIVILEGES AND ELECTION

CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island, Chairman

ROBERT P. GRIFFIN, M

ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia

JAMES H. DUFFY, Chief Counsel

JAMES S. MEDILL, Minority Counsel

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CONTENTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 1973

Opening statement of Hon. Claiborne Pell, chairman of the Subcommittee Page

on Privileges and Elections...

Statement of—

Robert S. Strauss, chairman, Democratic National Committee;

accompanied by Arnold Picker, chairman, Ad Hoc Committee on

Financing, Democratic National Committee__

Hon. Alan Cranston, a U.S. Senator from the State of California, in
behalf of himself and a number of other Senators__.

Hon. Walter F. Mondale, a U.S. Senator from the State of Minnesota_

Hon. Hugh Scott, a U.S. Senator from the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania__

Hon. Edward M. Kennedy, a U.S. Senator from the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts.

Hon. Alan Cranston, a U.S. Senator from the State of California__

Hon. Charles McC. Mathias, Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of

Maryland...

Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson, a U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois...
Hon. Floyd K. Haskell, á U.S. Senator from the State of Colorado...

Written statement of—

Robert S. Strauss, chairman, Democratic National Committee, with

an attachment_

Hon. Charles McC. Mathias, Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of
Maryland, with attachments...

Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson, a U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois...

Hon. Floyd K. Haskell, a U.S. Senator from the State of Colorado...

Hon. James Abourezk, a U.S. Senator from the State of South Dakota_

Hon. Richard S. Schweiker, a U.S. Senator from the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, with an attachment...

Hon. Donald W. Riegle, Jr., a U.S. Representative from the State of

Michigan, with an attachment..

Miscellaneous-

"Should Tax Dollars Pay for Politics?" from the U.S. News and World

Report, August 20, 1973...

Press Release from American Airlines, July 3, 1973.

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"It's Time for Public Financing of Political Campaigns," by James
Kilpatrick, from the Minneapolis Star, August 3, 1973-

"Public Financing of Federal Election Campaigns," from the Con-

gressional Record, June 6, 1973...

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"Fact Sheet-Mathias-Stevenson Federal Election Finance Act of
1973," from the Congressional Record, June 6, 1973---

Excerpts from The Storm Has Many Eyes, by Henry Cabot Lodge.

"Campaign Financing and Reporting: The Urgent Need for Reform,"

from the Congressional Record, January 21, 1971..

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