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MAKING AVAILABLE APPROPRIATIONS
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COMMUNICATION
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
HIS REQUESTS FOR A FY 1997 SUPPLEMENTAL AND A FY 1998 BUDGET AMENDMENT
FOR THE FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION (FEC), PURSUANT TO 31 U.S.C. 1107
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April 8, 1997.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered
to be printed
The White House,
Washington, DC, April 7, 1997.
Hon. Newt Gingrich,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Dear Mr. Speaker: I ask the Congress to consider the
enclosed requests for a FY 1997 supplemental and a FY 1997
budget amendment for the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
The FEC is charged with guarding the integrity of our
election process. I have sought to strengthen this important
agency; its budget has increased from $21 million per year in
1993 to $28 million per year today. But the agency plainly
lacks the resources it needs to keep pace with the rapidly
rising volume of campaign spending and electoral activities. In
fact, over the past 2 years, the Congress has appropriated for
the FEC substantially less than I requested.
Today, commissioners of both parties have testified that
the FEC is overworked, underfunded, and unable to address the
many issues raised in recent elections. Campaign spending by
candidates, soft money expenditures by parties, independent
expenditures, and issue advocacy expenditures have exploded. As
part of a bipartisan effort to restore the public trust in the
way we finance elections to the Congress and the Presidency, I
urge you to provide these additional funds for the FEC.
In addition, I urge the Congress to enact legislation that
would strengthen the FEC as part of comprehensive campaign
finance reform. The bipartisan campaign finance reform
legislation introduced by Representatives Chris Shays and Marty
Meehan and Senators John McCain and Russell Feingold includes
several critical steps to strengthen the FEC, strengthening the
agency's ability to stop improper practices and allowing random
audits of campaigns.
The details of my budget requests are set forth in the
enclosed letter from the Director of the Office of Management
and Budget. I concur with his comments and observations.
Sincerely,
William J. Clinton.
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