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15_H154
on Jan 6, 2015
Bill Sponsorship: H.R.154
Source: Close the Floodgates Act
Congressional Summary: To repeal the Federal Election Campaign provisions which established separate contribution limits for contributions made to national parties to support Presidential nominating conventions, national party headquarters buildings, and recounts. Supporters reasons for voting YEA: Rep. KILMER. This legislation repeals the last-minute changes to campaign finance law that were tacked into a 1,600-page bill to fund the government. As a result of this legislation, the wealthiest donors can now each contribute more than $750,000 per year to a political party, more than seven times the previous cap. Worst of all, these changes were buried in a bill with no hearing and no public debate. This bill protects the interests of "We the People" and make sure that the wealthiest donors don't get another chance to flood our elections with even more money and to undermine our democracy. Opponents reasons for voting NAY:
(Washington Post article, Oct. 9, 2014): The FEC said that contributions to presidential convention committees will not count against the annual limit on donations to national parties--allowing wealthy donors to double their support for party operations. The FEC's move came in response to a rare joint request by the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee, which argued that they needed a new avenue to raise funds for the events after a federal law eliminated public funding for the conventions. But critics of the decision said the FEC created an end-run around federal contribution limits. Under the current rules, individuals can give up to $32,400 per year to a national party committee. Now, donors will be able to give an additional $32,400 each year to a separate committee set up to finance the quadrennial convention. That means that a single donor could give nearly $130,000 to support a party and its convention in a two-year election cycle.
Also see campaign disclosure bill House bill H.R.148 (2013)
Participating counts on VoteMatch question 16.
Question 16: Make voter registration easier
Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
- Topic: Government Reform
- Headline: No separate contribution limits for party activities
(Score: 1)
- Headline 2: No separate contribution limits for party activities
(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 15_H154 |
| Alma Adams |
s1o | North Carolina Democratic House Member | Jan 13, 2015
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| Ami Bera |
s1o | California Democrat | Jan 8, 2015
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| Earl Blumenauer |
s1o | Oregon Democrat | Jan 8, 2015
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| Suzanne Bonamici |
s1o | Oregon Democrat | Jan 6, 2015
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| Julia Brownley |
s1o | California Democrat | Jan 13, 2015
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| John Carney |
s1o | DE Democratic candidate for Governor | Jan 8, 2015
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| Andre Carson |
s1o | Indiana Democrat | Jan 13, 2015
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| Matt Cartwright |
s1o | Pennsylvania Democrat | Jan 8, 2015
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| David Cicilline |
s1o | Rhode Island Democrat | Jan 6, 2015
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| Katherine Clark |
s1o | Massachusetts Democrat | Jan 13, 2015
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| Steve Cohen |
s1o | Tennessee Democrat | Jan 8, 2015
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| John Conyers |
s1o | Michigan Democrat | Jan 8, 2015
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| Jim Cooper |
s1o | Tennessee Democrat | Jan 7, 2015
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| Jim Costa |
s1o | California Democrat | Jan 8, 2015
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| Joseph Crowley |
s1o | New York Democrat | Jan 12, 2015
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| Elijah Cummings |
s1o | Maryland Democrat | Jan 8, 2015
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| Susan Davis |
s1o | California Democrat | Jan 20, 2015
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| John Delaney |
s1o | Maryland Democrat | Mar 19, 2015
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| Rosa DeLauro |
s1o | Connecticut Democrat | Jan 9, 2015
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| Suzan DelBene |
s1o | Washington Democrat | Jan 9, 2015
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| Lloyd Doggett |
s1o | Texas Democrat | Jan 13, 2015
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| Tammy Duckworth |
s1o | IL Democratic Senate candidate | Jan 13, 2015
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| Keith Ellison |
s1o | Minnesota Democrat | Jan 8, 2015
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| Eliot Engel |
s1o | New York Democrat/Liberal | Jan 21, 2015
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| Elizabeth Esty |
s1o | Connecticut Democrat | Jan 8, 2015
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| Bill Foster |
s1o | Illinois Democrat | Jan 21, 2015
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| Marcia Fudge |
s1o | Ohio Democrat | Jan 12, 2015
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| Raul Grijalva |
s1o | Arizona Democrat | Jan 8, 2015
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| Janice Hahn |
s1o | California Democrat (retiring 2016) | Jan 8, 2015
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| Denny Heck |
s1o | Washington Democrat | Jan 13, 2015
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| Brian Higgins |
s1o | New York Democrat | Jan 12, 2015
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| Jim Himes |
s1o | Connecticut Democrat | Jan 6, 2015
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| Mike Honda |
s1o | California Democrat | Jan 20, 2015
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| Jared Huffman |
s1o | California Democrat | Mar 19, 2015
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| Steve Israel |
s1o | New York Democrat | Jan 13, 2015
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| Sheila Jackson Lee |
s1o | Texas Democrat | Jan 12, 2015
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| Marcy Kaptur |
s1o | Ohio Democrat | Jan 8, 2015
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| Derek Kilmer |
s2p | Washington Democrat | |
| Ron Kind |
s1o | WI Former Democratic challenger (2012) | Jan 20, 2015
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| Annie Kuster |
s1o | New Hampshire Democrat | Jan 8, 2015
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| James Langevin |
s1o | Rhode Island Democrat | Jan 8, 2015
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| Rick Larsen |
s1o | Washington Democrat | Jan 7, 2015
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| John Larson |
s1o | Connecticut Democrat | Jan 8, 2015
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| Barbara Lee |
s1o | California Democrat | Jan 8, 2015
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| David Loebsack |
s1o | Iowa Democrat | Jan 21, 2015
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| Alan Lowenthal |
s1o | California Democrat | Jan 8, 2015
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| Ben Ray Lujan |
s1o | New Mexico Democrat | Jan 9, 2015
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| Michelle Lujan-Grisham |
s1o | New Mexico Democrat | Jan 21, 2015
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| Carolyn Maloney |
s1o | New York Democrat/Liberal | Jan 28, 2015
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| Betty McCollum |
s1o | Minnesota Democrat | Jan 8, 2015
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| Jim McDermott |
s1o | Washington Democrat | Jan 6, 2015
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| Jim McGovern |
s1o | Massachusetts Democrat | Jan 9, 2015
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| Patrick Murphy |
s1o | FL Democratic Senate candidate | Jan 7, 2015
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| Jerrold Nadler |
s1o | New York Dem./Lib./Working-Families | Jan 21, 2015
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| Eleanor Holmes Norton |
s1o | District of Columbia Democrat | Jan 7, 2015
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| Beto O`Rourke |
s1o | Texas Democrat | Jan 7, 2015
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| Nancy Pelosi |
s1o | California Democrat | Jan 20, 2015
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| Scott Peters |
s1o | California Democrat | Jan 6, 2015
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| Chellie Pingree |
s1o | Maine Democrat | Jan 8, 2015
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| Mark Pocan |
s1o | Wisconsin Democrat | Jan 12, 2015
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| Jared Polis |
s1o | Colorado Democrat | Jan 8, 2015
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| Linda Sanchez |
s1o | California Democrat | Jan 20, 2015
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| John Sarbanes |
s1o | Maryland Democrat | Jan 7, 2015
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| Jan Schakowsky |
s1o | Illinois Democrat | Jan 12, 2015
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| Adam Schiff |
s1o | California Democrat | Jan 9, 2015
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| Bobby Scott |
s1o | Virginia Democrat | Jan 9, 2015
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| Jose Serrano |
s1o | New York Democrat/Liberal | Jan 8, 2015
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| Kyrsten Sinema |
s1o | Arizona Democrat | Jan 8, 2015
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| Louise Slaughter |
s1o | New York Democrat | Jan 12, 2015
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| David Adam Smith |
s1o | Washington Democrat | Jan 8, 2015
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| Eric Swalwell |
s1o | California Democrat | Jan 13, 2015
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| Mark Takano |
s1o | California Democrat | Jan 13, 2015
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| Paul Tonko |
s1o | New York Democrat | Jan 7, 2015
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| Norma Torres |
s1o | California Democratic House Member | Jan 20, 2015
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| Niki Tsongas |
s1o | Massachusetts Democrat | Jan 8, 2015
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| Chris Van Hollen |
s1o | Maryland Democrat (retiring 2016) | Jan 7, 2015
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| Juan Vargas |
s1o | California Democrat | Jan 7, 2015
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| Maxine Waters |
s1o | California Democrat | Jan 26, 2015
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| Peter Welch |
s1o | Vermont Democrat | Jan 6, 2015
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| John Yarmuth |
s1o | Kentucky Democrat | Jan 9, 2015
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Republicans
participating in 15_H154 |
| Walter Beaman Jones |
s1o | North Carolina Republican | Jan 8, 2015
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Independents
participating in 15_H154 |
Total recorded by OnTheIssues:
Democrats:
80
Republicans:
1
Independents:
0 |
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