Ford Administration - Changes in the U.S. Government
Changes in the U.S. Government
In 1974 President Ford signed the Federal Elections Campaign Act into law, which took effect in 1975. As a response to the campaign finance abuses of Watergate, it limited the amount of individual contributions to presidential campaigns and put strict limits on campaign expenditures. The law also created a system whereby the public would fund presidential campaigns by checking off a one dollar donation box on their federal tax returns, if they chose to donate.
That same year Ford signed the Privacy Act of 1974, which was intended to limit the federal government's ability to invade the privacy of U.S. citizens through such activities as wiretapping and obtaining confidential records. This act was also in response to Watergate revelations that Nixon had used such tactics on people he perceived to be his enemies.
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