But a 1971 law barred political contributions given in the name of another person after April 7, 1972.

He said he will also bar contributions from anyone receiving business from his office and will restrict multiple corporate contributions.

The campaign will also bar contributions from persons with direct managerial responsibility for soliciting, developing, executing or signing a state contract on behalf of a corporation.

Because the Citizens United decision supersedes state law the states cannot bar corporate and union political contributions in their own elections.

Congress should also bar member-to-member contributions, which allow special-interest money to influence contests for leadership positions, and should open more of its deliberations to the public.

Where the Senate would bar contributions from political action committees, the House would only limit them.

The Republicans' proposal would have barred contributions by contractors at any level of government - state, county or municipal - to candidates or political committees at any level.

Another approach, less susceptible to attack on First Amendment grounds, would amend Congressional rules to bar such contributions.

The Senate bill would have barred contributions from political action committees in federal elections, while the House measure would have limited campaign contributions from PACS.

Federal law ought to bar foreign contributions and contributions by American subsidiaries of foreign companies to political campaigns.