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14_H269
on Jan 15, 2013
Bill Sponsorship: Fair Elections Now Act
Source: S.375/H.R.269
Congressional Summary:Fair Elections Now Act--Amends 1971 FECA with respect to:- 500% matching payments to candidates for certain small dollar contributions;
- a public debate requirement;
- establishment of the Fair Elections Fund and of a Fair Elections Oversight Board;
- remission to the Fair Elections Fund of unspent funds after an election civil penalties for violation of contribution and expenditure requirements;
- Requires all designations, statements, and reports required to be filed under FECA to be filed directly with the FEC in electronic form accessible by computers.
Statement of support for corresponding Senate bill: (Sunlight Foundation) Now we bring you the Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act, a bill that should probably be the least controversial of all. S. 375 would simply require senators and Senate candidates to file their public campaign finance disclosure reports electronically with the Federal Election Commission,
the way House candidates and presidential candidates have been filing for over a decade. A version of the bill has been introduced during every congress starting in 2003 (!) yet it has been blocked repeatedly, a victim of political football. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., has introduced the most recent version, which would ensure that paper Senate campaign finance reports are a thing of the past. But even with 50 bipartisan cosponsors, the bill faces an uphill battle. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky, has repeatedly prevented the bill from coming to the Senate floor. We won't be deterred--as long as McConnell continues to block the bill, we'll continue to highlight that his intransigence results in delayed disclosure of vital, public campaign finance information, not to mention wasting $500,000 in taxpayer money annually. Eventually, we'll win.
Also see related Senate bill, S.375
Participating counts on VoteMatch question 16.
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Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
- Topic: Government Reform
- Headline: Matching fund for small donors, with debate requirements
(Score: 1)
- Headline 2: Matching fund for small donors, with debate requirements
(Score: 2)
- Key for participation codes:
- Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
- Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
- Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
- Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
- Surveys: '+' supports; '-' opposes.
Democrats
participating in 14_H269 |
| Earl Blumenauer |
s1s | Oregon Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Michael Capuano |
s1s | MA Former Democratic Primary Senate Challenger (2009) | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Judy Chu |
s1s | California Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| David Cicilline |
s1s | Rhode Island Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Steve Cohen |
s1s | Tennessee Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| John Conyers |
s1s | Michigan Democrat | Feb 4, 2013 |
| Jim Cooper |
s1s | Tennessee Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Joe Courtney |
s1s | Connecticut Democrat | Jul 9, 2013 |
| Susan Davis |
s1s | California Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Rosa DeLauro |
s1s | Connecticut Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Ted Deutch |
s1s | Florida Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Mike Doyle |
s1s | Pennsylvania Democrat | Feb 4, 2013 |
| Donna Edwards |
s1s | Maryland Democrat (retiring 2016) | Feb 4, 2013 |
| Keith Ellison |
s1s | Minnesota Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Anna Eshoo |
s1s | California Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Sam Farr |
s1s | California Democrat | Feb 26, 2013 |
| Gene Green |
s1s | Texas Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Raul Grijalva |
s1s | Arizona Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Janice Hahn |
s1s | California Democrat (retiring 2016) | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Jim Himes |
s1s | Connecticut Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Rush Holt |
s1s | New Jersey Democrat (retiring 2014) | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Mike Honda |
s1s | California Democrat | Dec 5, 2013 |
| Steve Israel |
s1s | New York Democrat | Feb 4, 2013 |
| Eddie Bernice Johnson |
s1s | Texas Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Derek Kilmer |
s1s | Washington Democrat | Jun 26, 2013 |
| Ron Kind |
s1s | WI Former Democratic challenger (2012) | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Annie Kuster |
s1s | New Hampshire Democrat | Jul 18, 2013 |
| James Langevin |
s1s | Rhode Island Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| John Larson |
s1s | Connecticut Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Barbara Lee |
s1s | California Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Dan Lipinski |
s1s | Illinois Democrat | Mar 14, 2013 |
| David Loebsack |
s1s | Iowa Democrat | May 21, 2013 |
| Dan Maffei |
s1s | New York Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Doris Matsui |
s1s | California Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Betty McCollum |
s1s | Minnesota Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Jim McDermott |
s1s | Washington Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Jim McGovern |
s1s | Massachusetts Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Michael Michaud |
s1s | Maine Democratic Governor Challenger | Jan 15, 2013 |
| George Miller |
s1s | California Democrat (retiring 2014) | Jan 15, 2013 |
| James Moran |
s1s | Virginia Democrat (retiring 2014) | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Grace Napolitano |
s1s | California Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Rick Nolan |
s1s | Minnesota Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Eleanor Holmes Norton |
s1s | District of Columbia Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Beto O`Rourke |
s1s | Texas Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Bill Owens |
s1s | New York Democrat (retiring 2014) | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Gary Peters |
s1s | MI Democratic Challenger | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Chellie Pingree |
s1s | Maine Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Jared Polis |
s1s | Colorado Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| David Eugene Price |
s1s | North Carolina Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| John Sarbanes |
s1s | Maryland Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Jan Schakowsky |
s1s | Illinois Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Bobby Scott |
s1s | Virginia Democrat | Feb 4, 2013 |
| Carol Shea-Porter |
s1s | New Hampshire Democrat | Aug 2, 2013 |
| Brad Sherman |
s1s | California Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Albio Sires |
s1s | New Jersey Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Louise Slaughter |
s1s | New York Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| David Adam Smith |
s1s | Washington Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Jackie Speier |
s1s | California Democrat | Sep 19, 2013 |
| Eric Swalwell |
s1s | California Democrat | Mar 14, 2013 |
| Paul Tonko |
s1s | New York Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Niki Tsongas |
s1s | Massachusetts Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Chris Van Hollen |
s1s | Maryland Democrat (retiring 2016) | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Tim Walz |
s1s | Minnesota Democrat | Oct 8, 2013 |
| Henry Waxman |
s1s | California Democrat (retiring 2014) | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Peter Welch |
s1s | Vermont Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| Frederica Wilson |
s1s | Florida Democrat | Jan 15, 2013 |
| John Yarmuth |
s2p | Kentucky Democrat | |
Republicans
participating in 14_H269 |
| Walter Beaman Jones |
s1s | North Carolina Republican | Jan 15, 2013 |
Independents
participating in 14_H269 |
Total recorded by OnTheIssues:
Democrats:
67
Republicans:
1
Independents:
0 |
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