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      Campaign Funds and Congressional Party Politics

      Money in the House

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      Money in the House book

      Campaign Funds and Congressional Party Politics
      ByMarian Currinder
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2009
      eBook Published 23 May 2019
      Pub. Location New York
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429498862
      Pages 242
      eBook ISBN 9780429498862
      Subjects Politics & International Relations
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      Currinder, M. (2009). Money in the House: Campaign Funds and Congressional Party Politics (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429498862

      ABSTRACT

      Money in the House provides a compelling look at how the drive to raise campaign money has come to dominate congressional party politics. Author Marian Currinder examines the rise of member-to-member and member-to-party giving as part of a broader process that encourages ambitious House members to compete for power by raising money for the party and its candidates. As the margin between parties in the House has narrowed, the political environment has become fiercely competitive. Because electoral success is largely equated with fundraising success, the party that raises the most money is at a distinct advantage. In addition to relying on outside interests and individuals for campaign contributions, the congressional parties increasingly call on their own members to give for the good of the whole. As a result, lawmakers must devote ever-increasing amounts of time to fundraising. The fundraising expectations for members who wish to advance in the chamber are even higher. By requiring their members to raise and redistribute tremendous amounts of money in order to gain power in the chamber, the parties benefit from their members' ambitious pursuits. Currinder argues that the new 'rule of money' is fundamentally altering the way House members pursue power and the way congressional parties define and reward loyalty.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter |12 pages

      Introduction

      chapter 1|28 pages

      Campaign Funds and Congressional Party Politics

      An Overview

      chapter 2|20 pages

      Pursuing Ambition in a Congressional Parties Framework

      chapter 3|30 pages

      The 1970s Reform Era

      The Money Chase Begins

      chapter 4|32 pages

      The 1980s

      New Directions in Campaign Funding

      chapter 5|28 pages

      A Republican Revolution in Politics and Money

      The Gingrich Era

      chapter 6|31 pages

      Paying to Play

      Redistributing Money in the Post-Gingrich Era

      chapter 7|20 pages

      Campaign Funds and the New Democratic Majority

      chapter |4 pages

      Epilogue

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