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	'''Campaign finance laws in the United States''' have been a contentious political issue since the early days of the union. The [[Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act]] (BCRA) of 2002, also known as "[[John McCain\|McCain]]-[[Russ Feingold\|Feingold]]", is the most recent major federal law affecting campaign finance, the key provisions of which prohibited unregulated contributions (commonly referred to as "[[soft money]]") to national political parties and limited the use of corporate and union money to fund ads discussing political issues within 60 days of a general election or 30 days of a primary election, until BCRA's provisions limiting corporate and union expenditures for issue advertising were overturned in ''[[Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life]]''.		'''Campaign finance laws in the United States''' have been a contentious political issue since the early days of the union. The [[Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act]] (BCRA) of 2002, also known as "[[John McCain\|McCain]]-[[Russ Feingold\|Feingold]]", is the most recent major federal law affecting campaign finance, the key provisions of which prohibited unregulated contributions (commonly referred to as "[[soft money]]") to national political parties and limited the use of corporate and union money to fund ads discussing political issues within 60 days of a general election or 30 days of a primary election, until BCRA's provisions limiting corporate and union expenditures for issue advertising were overturned in ''[[Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life]]''.

	Contributions, donations or payments to politicians or political parties, including a campaign committee, newsletter fund, advertisements in convention bulletins, admission to dinners or programs that benefit a political party or political candidate and a political action committee (PAC), are not tax-deductible from income taxes.<ref> [https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/charitable-contributions/are-political-contributions-tax-deductible/L7Ljj9lTR "Are Political Contributions Tax Deductible?"] [[Turbotax]].</ref>		Contributions, donations or payments to politicians or political parties, including a campaign committee, newsletter fund, advertisements in convention bulletins, admission to dinners or programs that benefit a political party or political candidate and a political action committee (PAC), are not tax-deductible from income taxes.<ref>[https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/charitable-contributions/are-political-contributions-tax-deductible/L7Ljj9lTR "Are Political Contributions Tax Deductible?"] [[Turbotax]].</ref>

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