Let the People Decide Clean Campaign Act
Latest action · Jan 6, 2009 Referred to House Rules
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 6, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Let the People Decide Clean Campaign Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to set forth specified expenditure limitations for House of Representatives general elections.
Permits additional expenditures by eligible major party, third party, and independent candidates.
Establishes in the Treasury the Grassroots Good Citizenship Fund, which shall provide public funding for House candidates' expenditures. Authorizes certain additional amounts from state and national party committees.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) authorize taxpayers to designate specified overpayments and contributions for the Fund; and (2) increase corporate tax rates on taxable income above $10 million, and require payment of the amounts received by reason of such increase to the Fund.
Amends FECA to: (1) ban independent expenditures in House elections; (2) ban the use of nonfederal funds for certain disbursements; and (3) set forth specified House limitations for expenditures for elections other than general elections.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 6, 2009 to Mar 17, 2010; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Original | Jan 6, 2009 |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Original | Jan 6, 2009 |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Original | Jan 6, 2009 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Jan 6, 2009 |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Original | Jan 6, 2009 |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Feb 9, 2009 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Feb 11, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Jun 2, 2009 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Mar 17, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Mar 17, 2010 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Jan 6, 2009 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jan 6, 2009 |
| House | Rules Committee | Referred Jan 6, 2009 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 6, 2009Introduced in House
- Jan 6, 2009Referred to House Administration
- Jan 6, 2009Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Rules, 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.
- Jan 6, 2009Referred to House Ways and Means
- Jan 6, 2009Referred to House Rules
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S405 | Tom Udall D-NM | Feb 2, 2010 |
| House | Debate and remarks H615 | David R. Obey D-WI | Jan 28, 2009 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 3
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 3
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R41054 | Campaign Finance Policy After Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission: Issues and Options for Congress Archived | Report | Nov 22, 2011 |
| RL33814 | Public Financing of Congressional Campaigns: Overview and Analysis Archived | Report | Apr 11, 2011 |
| R40091 | Campaign Finance: Potential Legislative and Policy Issues for the 111th Congress Archived | Report | Jan 28, 2011 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for expenditure limitations and public financing for House of Representatives general elections, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Let the People Decide Clean Campaign Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
- Congress
- Congressional elections
- Constitution and constitutional amendments
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Government information and archives
- Government trust funds
- House of Representatives
- Income tax rates
- Legislative rules and procedure
- Political advertising
- Political parties and affiliation
- Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 6, 2009Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
