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Fair Elections Now Act

A bill to reform the financing of Senate elections, and for other purposes.

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3/20/2007--Introduced.
Fair Elections Now Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) with respect to:
(1) eligibility and qualifying contribution requirements, seed money limits, and benefits of fair elections financing of Senate election campaigns;
/>(2) establishment of a Senate Fair Elections Fund;
(3) eligibility for Fund allocations as well as such allocations;
(4) a seed money contribution requirement;
(5) contribution and expenditure requirements;
(6) certification of whether or not a federal election candidate is a participating candidate;
(7) benefits for participating candidates;
(8) payment of fair fight funds;
(9) administration of the Senate Fair Elections System;
(10) reporting requirements for nonparticipating candidates;
(11) modification of electioneering communication reporting requirements; and
(12) the limitation on coordinated expenditures by political party committees with participating candidates. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 with respect to the deposit of proceeds from recovered spectrum auctions.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a tax credit for voluntary donations to the Senate Fair Elections Fund. Establishes the Fair Elections Review Commission. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to:
(1) entitle participating candidates to receive specified reduced broadcast rates in certain circumstances; and
(2) provide for political advertisement vouchers for them. Directs the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to charge non-public broadcast stations a spectrum use fee, which shall be deposited into the Senate Fair Elections Fund. Requires the Federal Communications Commission to prescribe a standardized form for broadcast station reporting of candidate campaign ads. Amends federal postal law to prohibit franked mass mailings by Members of Congress (except notices of public meetings) during the 90 days before primary and general election periods, unless they are not candidates for re-election. Amends FECA to:
(1) empower the FEC to petition the U.S. Supreme Court for a proceeding on certiorari;
(2) revise requirements for filing with the FEC by Senate candidates; and
(3) reduce from 48 to 24 hours the deadline for electronic filing with the FEC of reports by each political committee of contributions received within 90 days before an election.

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
March 20, 2007

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... John Tierney (MA), Raul Grijalva (AZ) and Todd Platts (PA) have introduced in the House and Senate the “Fair Elections Now Act” (S. 936 / HR 1614). ...