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Vice President shall not be eligible for reelection. In 

 the Senate, proposals for constitutional change have 

 been considered and reported upon by the Senate 

 Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections; and, 

 in both Houses, consideration to proposals for con- 

 stitutional change have been given by the Committee 

 on Judiciarj'. 



From the date of the adoption of the Federal Cor- 

 lupt Practices Act, 1925, both Houses of Congi-ess have 

 concerned themselves \Nith the manner in which the 

 provisions of this act have been complied with by can- 

 didates for the office of President, "Vice President, and 

 membership in the two chambers. To this end, they 

 have repeatedly appointed special committees to inves- 

 tigate the raising of funds by candidates and their ex- 

 penditure for election purposes. These committees 

 have, in all cases, held extensive hearings and have sub- 

 mitted reports giving their findings. These hearings 

 and reports constitute the most detailed and valuable 

 material upon the raising and expenditure of campaign 

 funds that is in existence. A chronological list of these 

 committees and their publications follows: 



1. Senate Special Committee on Campaign Expenditures in 



Presidential Elections. 



1. Hearings. 



2. Report (S. Rpt. 1160, 68th Cong., 2d sess., 1925). 



2. Senate Special Committee on Senatorial Campaign Ex- 



penditures. 



1. Hearings. 



2. Report (S. Rpt. 1197, 69th Cong., 2d sess., 1927). 



3. Senate Special Committee on Senatorial Campaign Ex- 



penditures. 



1. Hearings. 



2. Report (S. Rpt. 603, 70th Cong., 1st sess., 1928). 



4. Senate Special Committee on Campaign Expenditures of 



Presidential Candidates. 

 1. Hearings. 

 2. Report (S. Rpts. 14S0, 2024, 70th Cong., 2d sess., 1929). 



5. House Select Committee on Campaign Expenditures of 



Various Presidential and other Candidates. 



1. Hearings. 



2. Report (H. Hpt. 2821, 70th Cong., 2d sess., 1929). 



6. House Select Committee on Campaign Expenditures of 



Candidates for the House of Representatives. 

 1. Hearings. 

 2. Report (H. Rpt. 2140, 71st Cong. 3d sess., 1931). 



7. Senate Special Committee on Senatorial Campaign Expen- 



ditures : Primaries, Conventions, Contest, and Campaign, 

 Terminating in General Election of Nowmber 1930: 

 Including Investigation of Complaint of Alleged Violation 

 of Federal Corrupt Practices Act Relating to Campaign 

 Expenditures. 

 1. Hearings. 



2. Reports (S. Rpts. 1824, 1870, 71st Cong., 2d sess., 

 1931; 20, 24, 72d Cong., 1st sess., 1932). 



8. House Select Committee on Campaign Expenditures of 



Candidates for President, Vice-President, and House of 

 Representatives. 



1. Hearings. 



2. Reports. 



9. Senate Special Committee on Campaign Expenditures of 

 Presidential, Vice Presidential and Senatorial Candidates 

 in 1932. 



1. Hearings. 



2. Report (S. Rpt. 191, 73d Cong., 2d sess., 1934). 

 10. Senate Special Committee on Campaign Contributions and 



Expenditures in 1934 : Senatorial Contests. 



1. Hearings. 



2. Report (S. Rpt. 11, 74th Cong., 1st sess., 1935). 



Additional material regarding electoral practices is 

 also to be found in the hearings and reports of the 

 House Committee on Elections on electoral contests, 

 such contests usually being made on the ground of 

 fraud or improper practice in respect to the raising 

 and expenditure of campaign funds. 



The existence of a lobby at Washington, the methods 

 employed by it to influence legislation, and the desir- 

 ability of submitting it to regulation has led Congress, 

 on various occasions, to subject these matters to investi- 

 gation. In 1913, the House created a Select Com- 

 mittee on the Lobby which held extensive hearings 

 and submitted a report (H. Rpt. 113, 63d Cong., 2d 

 sess., 1913). In the same year the subject was likewise 

 investigated and reported upon by the Senate and 

 House Judiciary Committees, the hearings before the 

 Senate Committee embracing 4 volumes. In pursu- 

 ance of Senate Resolution of December 8, 1921, the 

 Senate Judiciary Committee made another investiga- 

 tion of expendittires for propaganda and lobbying in 

 Washington. Again, the same committee, in 1929, act- 

 ing in pursuance of a Senate Resolution, made an 

 especially exhaustive investigation of the lobby at 

 Washington, the printed hearings embracing 5 vol- 

 umes, and 10 separate reports being submitted (S. 

 Rpt. 43, 71st Cong., 3d sess.. 1931). 



In 1930-31, an investigation of Communist propa- 

 ganda activities was made by a select committee of the 

 House, created by House Resolution 180 of April 17, 

 1930. The report of the committee (H. Rpt. 2290, 71st 

 Cong., 3d sess., 1931) and the prmted hearings, in 5 

 volumes, contain a mass of data on the Communist 

 movement in the United States. 



Special Investigations by 

 State Legislatures 



In general, the work of State legislatures in the way 

 of making special investigations of economic social, 

 governmental, and political questions parallels that of 

 Congress, with the important differences that the re- 

 ports submitted by standing and special committees 

 are, as a rule, much less exhaustive and carefully 

 compiled than those by similar bodies in Congress; 

 and it is exceptional when elaborate hearings are held, 

 and, if held, the results given to the public in printed 

 form. When one turns, however, to the use of the 



