41. The legislation would ban soft money and allow nonunion members to restrict the ability of unions to spend mandatory dues on political activities. 42. The legislation would ban large, unlimited and unregulated contributions to the political parties from unions and corporations. 43. The legislation would ban the unlimited donations that individuals, unions and corporations give to the political parties. 44. The legislation would largely ban soft money donations. 45. The legislation also bans government agencies from turning enterprises in the gas and oil sector into shareholding companies. 46. The legislation bans tobacco advertising in broadcast outlets, billboards, street kiosks, bus panels and store displays and imposes restrictions on promotions in mailings and magazines. 47. The legislation would ban press, billboard and Internet advertising of tobacco products in Britain, a country where tobacco companies have long been powerful and smoking fairly widespread. 48. The legislation would ban so-called soft money, loosely regulated, unlimited donations that unions, corporations and individuals make to political parties. 49. The overall campaign reform legislation would ban unlimited general donations to political parties. 50. When the legislation banning PACS was pending, Shays said he felt he clearly needed to make a point in his own campaign. |