Clean Money, Clean Elections Act of 2007

To reform the financing of House elections, and for other purposes.

3/20/2007--Introduced.
Clean Money, Clean Elections Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) with respect to:
(1) eligibility and qualifying contribution requirements, seed money limits, and benefits of clean election financing of House election campaigns;
(2) establishment of a House Clean 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 clean money candidate;
(7) benefits for participating candidates;
(8) payment of fair fight funds;
(9) administration of the House Clean Elections System;
(10) reporting requirements for nonparticipating candidates;
(11) modification of electioneering communication reporting requirements;
(12) limitation on coordinated expenditures by political party committees with participating candidates; and
(13) treatment of coordinated expenditures as contributions. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a tax credit for voluntary donations to the House Clean Elections Fund. Establishes the Clean Elections Review Commission. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to entitle clean money candidates to receive specified free broadcast time and reduced broadcast rates in certain circumstances. Amends federal postal law to prohibit franked mass mailings by Members of Congress (except public meeting notices) during the 90 days before primary and general election periods, unless they are not candidates for re-election to any other federal office. Amends FECA to:
(1) empower the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to petition the U.S. Supreme Court for a proceeding on certiorari; and
(2) 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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Sponsor

• Rep. John Tierney [D, MA-6]
• and 56 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Neil Abercrombie [D, HI-1]
  • Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D, OR-3]
  • Nancy Boyda
  • Rep. William Clay [D, MO-1]
  • Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
  • Rep. John Conyers [D, MI-14]
  • Rep. Joe Courtney [D, CT-2]
  • Rep. Danny Davis [D, IL-7]
  • Rep. Peter DeFazio [D, OR-4]
  • Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D, CT-3]
  • Rep. Anna Eshoo [D, CA-14]
  • Rep. Sam Farr [D, CA-17]
  • Rep. Chaka Fattah [D, PA-2]
  • Rep. Bob Filner [D, CA-51]
  • Rep. Barney Frank [D, MA-4]
  • Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
  • Rep. Luis Gutiérrez [D, IL-4]
  • Rep. Jane Harman [D, CA-36]
  • Rep. Alcee Hastings [D, FL-23]
  • Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D, NY-22]
  • Rep. Mazie Hirono [D, HI-2]
  • Rep. Rush Holt [D, NJ-12]
  • Rep. Michael Honda [D, CA-15]
  • Rep. Jesse Jackson [D, IL-2]
  • Rep. Steve Kagen [D, WI-8]
  • Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D, OH-9]
  • Rep. Ronald Kind [D, WI-3]
  • Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D, OH-10]
  • Rep. Barbara Lee [D, CA-9]
  • Rep. David Loebsack [D, IA-2]
  • Rep. Nita Lowey [D, NY-18]
  • Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D, NY-14]
  • Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D, NY-4]
  • Rep. James McDermott [D, WA-7]
  • Rep. James McGovern [D, MA-3]
  • Rep. Jerry McNerney [D, CA-11]
  • Michael McNulty
  • Martin Meehan
  • Rep. George Miller [D, CA-7]
  • Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D, NY-8]
  • Rep. Eleanor Norton [D, DC-0]
  • Rep. John Olver [D, MA-1]
  • Rep. Todd Platts [R, PA-19]
  • Rep. Steven Rothman [D, NJ-9]
  • Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]
  • Rep. José Serrano [D, NY-16]
  • Rep. Joe Sestak [D, PA-7]
  • Rep. Louise Slaughter [D, NY-28]
  • Rep. Fortney Stark [D, CA-13]
  • Rep. Christopher Van Hollen [D, MD-8]
  • Rep. Nydia Velázquez [D, NY-12]
  • Rep. Henry Waxman [D, CA-30]
  • Rep. Anthony Weiner [D, NY-9]
  • Rep. Peter Welch [D, VT-0]
  • Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D, CA-6]
  • Rep. John Yarmuth [D, KY-3]
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Committees

• House Energy and Commerce
• 4 more
  • House Ways and Means
  • House Administration
  • House Energy and Commerce
  • House Oversight and Government Reform
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.1614

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

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• Mar 21, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
• Mar 20, 2007: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
• Mar 20, 2007: Referred to House Ways and Means
• Mar 20, 2007: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
• Mar 20, 2007: Referred to House House Administration
• Mar 20, 2007: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• Introduced on Mar 20, 2007.

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Related Bills:

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Related Issue Areas:

• Elections
• Budgets
• Campaign funds
• Communications
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• Congress
• Congressional elections
• Electronic government information
• Executive departments
• Executive reorganization
• Fines (Penalties)
• Franking privilege
• Gifts
• Government information
• Government paperwork
• Government trust funds
• House of Representatives
• Income tax
• Law
• Political advertising
• Presidential elections
• Radio broadcasting
• Supreme Court
• Tax credits
• Taxation
• Technology
• Telecommunication
• Telecommunication rates
• Television broadcasting

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August 14, 2008 Dyre Portents: Public Campaign Financing

There are two excellent bills with impressive co-sponsorship, the Durbin-Specter Fair Elections Now Act (S 1285) and in the House, the Clean Money, Clean Elections Act of 2007 (HR 1614). Both bills would allow candidates who show a ...

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May 30, 2008 Barack Obama will change the system

There is also a companion bill, HR1614 in the House. So when enacted this would apply to Senate and House races. However it does not include presidential races. So that's why we need the Feingold-Obama Presidential Funding Act of 2007. ...

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May 16, 2008 Interview with Tom Wyka

Those who know me will understand that I'm particularly fond of efforts like HR 1614 (Clean Elections Act), so we have to get moving on this. I would be thrilled to face a clean elections participant in defending my seat in 2010. ...

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