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Most states also have their own versions of FOIA, but using different names for the law (such as "Open Records Law").
 
Most states also have their own versions of FOIA, but using different names for the law (such as "Open Records Law").
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== Election ==
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== Federal Election Commission ==
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President Harry S Truman would say, “The buck stops here.”  The president is accountable for all that he does, and all that the Executive Branch does while he is in charge. The reelection or defeat of the president after his first term will depend not only on what he does, but also on everything else that happens under his “watch”.
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For the next few weeks, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) is particularly important because it receives and publicizes the information provided by candidates running for election, including the presidential candidates.<ref>http://www.fec.gov/</ref>
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When a president is reelected after serving a full term, which happens about 50% of the time now, he then becomes a “lame duck.” That means he loses power because everyone knows he is merely serving out his term and cannot be reelected again (due to the 22nd Amendment).  Still, an effective president can accomplish a great deal during his second term.  President Reagan, for example, dramatically cut taxes and made his successful demand that the communists tear down the Berlin Wall dividing communism from freedom in Germany.
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Barack Obama's campaign recently announced that he raised $181 million in the month of September, more than many expected.  The FEC requires the campaign to provide the names of his larger donors, and other information about how that money is received and how much of it was spent.
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A president can be elected with less than 50% of the vote, as President Bush was.  But no president can be elected with less than 50% of the electoral college.  If no candidate can muster a majority of electoral votes, then the election is decided by the House of Representatives.  This occurred in the election of John Quincy Adams, and supporters of Andrew Jackson complained bitterly about the process.  Four years later, Jackson beat Adams in a landslide.  Can you find the constitutional provision dictating how the House of Representatives can choose the next president?
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Query: which department of the federal government do you think the FEC is in?
    
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