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# Campaign Finance and Linkage Institutions
Linkage Institutions - a way for a person to access the government - Media, Politics Parties, Interest, Groups, Elections
## Campaign Finance
* 1971 FEC Act
* added limits etc
* 1976 Buckley v. Valeo
* limits are ok for direct donations
* no limiting candidates self funding
* 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA)
* increase individual limit
* stop soft money loophole
* soft money: on the side
* no issue ads 30/60 days before primary/general election
* 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission