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Fair Elections Now Act
A bill to reform the financing of Senate elections, and for other purposes.
Other Bill Titles (2 more) 5/3/2007--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
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. 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 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 |
| May 03, 2007 |
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November 25, 2008 Will Maine Lead the Way? | Public Campaign Action Fund
S. 1285, if passed, could offer an opportunity for any well-qualified person to run for national office. Viable candidates, by going through the process of establishing credibility as Fair Elections candidates, would receive public ...
November 16, 2008 All Things Reform: Send President-Elect Obama's transition team ...
... Richard Durbin (3); Richard Shelby (1); rights (19); Robert Reich (1); Robert Wexler (2); rollovers (1); Ron Paul (2); Ross Perot (2); RSS (1); RTBA (1); rudy giuliani (1); rules (7); Russ Feingold (1); S.1 (2); S.1285 (6) ...
Source: All Things Reform
November 09, 2008 Lobbyists are Citizens Too
For example, the Fair Elections Now Act (S.1285), which mandated that candidates for Senate run on public funding only, made our role nearly irrelevant in those races. We fought against that legislation with all the influence we had, ...
Source: The New York Times
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