Using public opinion, election and campaign spending data, extensive interviews, and a knowledge of practical politics, Magleby and Nelson examine the central issues in the campaign financing debate. They propose a comprehensive package of reforms that will undoubtedly serve as a guide for future legislation.

The amount of money needed to run a competitive congressional campaign is staggering, with special interests playing a central role in raising these funds. Also of concern is the declining competitiveness of House elections. And while recognition of the need to reform campaign financing is widespread, partisan and House/Senate differences over what these changes should be have complicated legislative efforts. Almost $450 million was spent in both the 1986 and 1988 congressional campaigns, much of it coming from wealthy contributors and political action committees (PACs). Increasing criticism of the current system will undoubtedly force Congress to keep campaign finance reform on it's legislative agenda. Using public opinion, election and campaign spending data, extensive interviews, and a knowledge of practical politics, Magleby and Nelson examine the central issues in the campaign financing debate: the cost of congressional campaigns, financial participation by the political parties and PACs, existing and proposed limits on contributions and expenditures, public financing, and the role of the Federal Election Commission. They propose a comprehensive package of reforms that will undoubtedly serve as a guide for future legislation.

"Published July, 1927. Reprinted ... February, 1928." "References by chapters": pages 269-275.

She came out of his past to threaten his future Out of Jefferson Halliday's past comes Rima Marshall. She's got nothing to lose - she's sunk just about as far as a woman can go. But she knows enough to put Jefferson in the hot seat. And he knows she knows. With the deck stacked against him, blackmail becomes a deadly weapon to fool around with ... 'The thriller maestro of the generation' Manchester Evening News

Secret Agent Mark Kirkland has been given the task of locating and retrieving three pornographic films. His mission must remain top secret as the films, rather embarrassingly, feature the daughter of the future president of the United States. His quest leads him to the depths of Bavaria where he finds Soviet agent, Malik, and sidekick Lu Silk also rather interested in the whereabouts of the films. Who will find them first? And once found, who's to say they won't immediately disappear again?

We run in the money chase because we learn at an early age that with money we can buy what we want and because most everyone else we know is pursuing the same green goal. However, one of the problems associated with the money chase is that the government needs lots of money so they take a significant portion of what we earn before we ever touch it. In addition, clever marketing specialists manipulate our desires to tempt us into believing that we must have the latest gadget that they have for sale. For most the money chase and the good life are one and the same. That is, the good life working most of one's life for the government and for business in order to be able to buy what one wants. For some, though, the good life is freeing oneself from the money chase in order to be able to live as independent from government and business as possible. For them, the good life involves much more than money.