First, they stated the fact that for "real reform" there would have to be a constitutional amendment or reform would be virtually impossible. Next, Congress conducted a half-hearted campaign to amend the constitution. The final step was the defeat. The amendment was defeated soundly they were twenty- nine votes short of two- thirds majority (Rosenkranz 16). The Amendment was directed at overturning "Buckley v. Valeo." Most republicans favored the Doolittle bill. The Bills says the answer is disclosure of contributions and nothing more. The Republicans tried to confuse the voters with alternative "reforms.".
The way around the political bans on contributions is to join a PAC. Political Action committees (PAC's) are political organizations through which special interest groups contribute money to campaigns. There are over four thousand PACs (Janger 27). In 1974 Congress limited the amount of money that a PAC could give. The political action committees are capped at five thousand dollars. Why do so many people want to get rid of the PACs if they can only contribute five thousand dollars? They always find out a way to get around the barriers. They often are the ones who pay for the television commercials, radio broadcasts, and most forms of advertising. Also many believe that when they help out the campaigns they are having too much say in what goes on in the government. It strikes the curiosity of the American people that whenever a debated topic comes up, a PAC will donate money or help finance in other ways and the vote will sway towards what they wanted. .
Some of the leaders in Washington have become up set with the way the reform has been neglected. The campaign reform project was formed. Out of the campaign reform project the business advisory council was formed. The business advisory council focuses on informing to business leaders on need for the reform. Whether the businessmen agree or disagree to the council keeps them informed.