Answers: Rules of the Campaign-Money Game

1. Under which president was the Federal Election Commission founded?

D. Gerald Ford

2. What is the most money an individual can give to a federal candidate per election?

A. $2,400

3. True or false: Federal candidates are required to identify individuals who give them $15 or more in an election cycle.

False. They must identify those who give $200 or more.

4. Expenditures to individuals or vendors over what amount must be disclosed?

B. $200

5. Which of these pieces of legislation is not related to campaign finance reform?

D. Glass-Steagall Act

6. Who was dubbed "Darth Vader" for often attacking campaign finance reform?

C. Mitch McConnell

7. True or false: No Republican backed the recent Disclose Act on political advertising.

True

8. What law barred unions from donating directly to candidates in federal elections, leading to the creation of PACs?

A. Smith-Connally Act

9. What is "soft money"?

C. Money given to a political party for party-building activities

10. What is the most an individual can give a national party committee per year?

C. $30,400

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