Box 182

Contains a publication titled "Independent Expenditures in Congressional Campaigns: The Electronic Solution" which has several handwritten annotations.

Contains various materials pertaining to campaign finance reform and the Task Force on Campaign Reform. Includes meeting agendas, memorandums and information compiled by the task force. Includes notes and annotations in Synar's hand.

Contains a memo and a report on soft money.

Contains various materials pertaining to different aspects of campaign finance reform including independent expenditures, a CRS report on corporate expenditures, and Synar's discussion draft of an unlabeled bill to offer responses to independent political broadcasts and personal attacks.

Contains various materials pertaining to defense legislation and spending including Defense Authorization for F.Y. 1989 (H.R. 4264) and Defense Authorization for F.Y. 1988 and 1989 (H.R. 1748). Includes fact sheets, Democratic Study Group Publications, reports from the Congressional Research Service.

Contains various materials pertaining to defense management, nuclear weapons programs, a U.S. Army budget fact sheet for F.Y. 1991

Contains various materials pertaining to defense management and the Defense Management Improvement Act (H.R. 4794). Includes items such as a memo from the Secretary of Defense, Dick Cheney, Section-by Section analysis, talking points, and a report to the president.

Includes notes in Synar's hand.

By far the largest series in the Synar collection, Legislative contains some 82,809 items that cover a wide range of materials and the congressman's full tenure in office.

Contains various materials pertaining to confidential shareholder voting reform as part of the Securities Trading Reform Act of 1987 (H.R. 2668).