Fair Elections Now Act of 2019
Latest action · Jul 24, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S5065-5070)
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.
- IntroducedJul 24, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Fair Elections Now Act of 2019
This bill establishes the Fair Elections Fund, which shall provide funding to Senate candidates who meet specified conditions and agree to abide by certain requirements, such as limits on types of campaign funding sources. The bill also revises provisions related to broadcasts of Senate campaign advertisements and imposes a tax on certain U.S. government contracts.
Cosponsors 28
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 24, 2019 to Dec 3, 2020; 24 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Jul 24, 2019 |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Original | Jul 24, 2019 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Jul 24, 2019 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Jul 24, 2019 |
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Original | Jul 24, 2019 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Jul 24, 2019 |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Original | Jul 24, 2019 |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Original | Jul 24, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Jul 24, 2019 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Jul 24, 2019 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Jul 24, 2019 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Jul 24, 2019 |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Original | Jul 24, 2019 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Jul 24, 2019 |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Original | Jul 24, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Jul 24, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 24, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Jul 24, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S5065-5070)
In the Congressional Record 1
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 | Text printed S5065–S5070 | Richard J. Durbin D-IL (text) | Jul 24, 2019 |
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 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46516 | Identifying TV Political and Issue Ad Sponsors in the Digital Age Archived | Report | Sep 9, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to reform the financing of Senate elections, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Fair Elections Now Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Accounting and auditing
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Appropriations
- Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
- Civil actions and liability
- Congressional elections
- Congressional oversight
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Government information and archives
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government studies and investigations
- Government trust funds
- Judicial review and appeals
- Licensing and registrations
- Political advertising
- Political parties and affiliation
- Public contracts and procurement
- Sales and excise taxes
- Senate
- Supreme Court
- Telecommunication rates and fees
- Television and film
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 24, 2019Introduced in Senate
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.
