The most sweeping change in campaign finance regulations came with the 1971 passage of the __________ Act.

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The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 was a major change in campaign finance regulations. It established the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to regulate and enforce federal campaign finance laws, required disclosure of contributions and expenditures, and limited campaign contributions and expenditures. The Act has been amended multiple times, including significant changes made by the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (also known as McCain-Feingold), but the FECA remains the foundation of federal campaign finance law. The Buckley Act, on the other hand, was a Supreme Court decision in 1976 that struck down certain provisions of the FECA as unconstitutional, including limits on independent expenditures and campaign contributions by individuals. The Public Affairs Act is not a real piece of legislation.

The Most Sweeping Change in Campaign Finance Regulations Came with the 1971