U.S. Congress - H.R.1826 Fair Elections Now Act
H.R.1826 - Fair Elections Now Act
To reform the financing of House elections, and for other purposes. view all titles (2)
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- Short: Fair Elections Now Act as introduced.
- Official: To reform the financing of House elections, and for other purposes. as introduced.
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OpenCongress Summary
This bill would establish a public funding system for House elections and outlines eligibility and contribution requirements, as well as prohibitions such as those on joint fundraising committees. The same system put forth in S.752 with regard to House elections.Official Summary
3/31/2009--Introduced.Fair Elections Now Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) with respect to:(1) eligibility and qualifying contribution requirements and benefits of fair elections financing of House of Representatives election campaigns;
(2) establishment of a Fair Elections Fund;
(3) eligibility for Fund allocations;
(4) contribution and expenditure requirements;
(5) a public debate requirement;
(6) certification of whether or not a federal election candidate is a participating candidate;
(7) benefits for participating candidates;
(8) matching payments for qualified small dollar contributions;
(9) political advertising vouchers;
(10) establishment of a Fair Elections Oversight Board;
(11) civil penalties for violation of contribution and expenditure requirements;
(12) prohibition of joint fundraising committees with any political committee other than a candidate's authorized committee; and
(13) a specified 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 allow for designation of a certain amount of income tax liability to the Fair Elections Fund. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to:
(1) prohibit the preemption of the use of a broadcasting station by a legally qualified House candidate who has purchased and paid for such use;
(2) revise Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authority to revoke licenses for broadcasting stations who fail to provide access to House candidates; and
(3) revise the formula for determining reduced broadcast rates for participating candidates in certain circumstances. Directs the FCC to initiate a rulemaking proceeding to establish a standardized form to be used by broadcasting stations to record and report the purchase of advertising time by or on behalf of a candidate for nomination for election, or for election, to federal elective office. Amends FECA to:
(1) empower the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to petition the U.S. Supreme Court for a proceeding on certiorari;
(2) revise requirements for filing with the FEC by 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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Pearl Korn: The DNC, DCCC and DSCC Need Makeovers
...and Congress. Republicans are masters of this, but Dems still don't get it. 2. Dems must pass the Fair Elections Now Act (S.752, H.R.1826; find out more at http://www.fairelectionsnow.org/), which would help level the playing field for new candidates, p
Frances Moore Lappe: Justice Thomas' Reasoning -- Dangerous for Democracy
...not. One immediate step we can take right now step is to ensure passage of the bipartisan Fair Elections Now Act--S.752, H.R.1826. It establishes a workable system of small donations combined with voluntary public financing for congressional races. It b
SPIN METER: Pols cool to public-financed campaigns
...two biggest names to skip it and rely on their own fundraising for part or all of their campaigns - George W. Bush and Obama - weren't punished for it by voters. They were elected president. Read the bills, S.752 and H.R.1826, at http://thomas.loc.gov/.
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Blocking of DISCLOSE Act vote is partisan politics at its worst «
providing candidates with substantial public financing for their campaigns to help offset new corporate spending in elections (H.R. 1826 and S. 751, known as the “Fair Elections Now Act”);. • requiring that corporate expenditures in ...
The Housetop Proclamations: FENA - Fair Elections Now Act
FENA - Fair Elections Now Act (S.752, H.R.1826) A "bipartisan" bill in various committees in Congress. The sponsors and co-sponsors of the bill are 23 Senators (22-D, 1-I) and 154 Representatives (151-D, 3-R). You can rest assured that ...
The Netroots, The Tea Party And The Millennials - Who's Right ...
Michael Swartz, a writer for the Baltimore Examiner, recently wrote up a response to my offer to drop out the race if Hoyer pushes H.R. 1826 (Fair Elections Now) through the House of Representatives, . ...
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