As long as candidates follow spending limits, the Federal Government matches dollar-for-dollar donations up to $250.

There are spending limits for all Singaporean elections.

Politically and economically, Sao Paulo's cooperation in adhering to spending limits and supporting reforms is essential to their success.

Mr. Gross is most proud of what he calls his cost-conscious fund-raising, which matters in city races where there are spending limits.

Or, to defy the Governments spending limits completely, with no cuts, but incuring the full wrath of charge capping, is the option favoured by the labour group.

Sponsors of the bill said public funding is required if there are to be spending limits on campaigns.

Much has been written about how political-action committees and previous campaign finance "reforms" such as spending limits have inadvertently functioned as a sort of incumbency insurance.

Mr. Dole, who has been harshly critical of the Democrats' fund raising, has endorsed some of the same measures, though not spending limits or free television time.

Under the Supreme's Court's 1976 decision in Buckley v. Valeo, spending limits must be "voluntary."

Pressure to use such campaigning is particularly strong in races where there are spending limits.