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S. 1285 - Fair Elections Now Act

Election; Elections; Campaign Finance Reform - Elections. 110th Congress (2007-2008) View bill details
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Summary:
A bill to reform the financing of Senate elections, and for other purposes. (by CRS) 
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The bill has been introduced. 
There have been no votes on this bill.

Fair Elections Now Act

S. 1285 — 110th Congress (2007–2008)

Keywords
Election; Elections; Campaign Finance Reform
Summary
A bill to reform the financing of Senate elections, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
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Title
A bill to reform the financing of Senate elections, and for other purposes.
Other Titles
  • Fair Elections Now Act
Sponsor
Richard Durbin
Co-Sponsors
Subjects
  • Elections
  • Administrative procedure
  • Auctions
  • Auditing
  • Budgets
  • Campaign funds
  • Congress
  • Congressional elections
  • Congressional mail
  • Congressional reporting requirements
  • Election administration
  • Election candidates
  • Electronic data interchange
  • Executive departments
  • Executive reorganization
  • Expedited congressional procedure
  • Federal Election Commission
  • Finance
  • Fines (Penalties)
  • Franking privilege
  • Government information
  • Government paperwork
  • Government trust funds
  • Governmental investigations
  • House rules and procedure
  • Judicial review
  • Law
  • Legislation
  • Licenses
  • Negative campaigning
  • Political action committees
  • Political advertising
  • Political parties
  • Primaries
  • Radio frequency allocation
  • Radio stations
  • Senate
  • Senate rules and procedure
  • Supreme Court
  • Taxation
  • Technology
  • Telecommunication
  • Telecommunication rates
  • Television stations
  • User charges
Related Bills
Major Actions
Introduced5/03/2007
Referred to Committee
Bill History

There have been no votes on this bill.

ActionDateDescription
Introduced5/03/2007
5/03/2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
6/20/2007Committee on Rules and Administration. Hearings held.
NumberSponsorDate OfferedStatus

Total contributions given to Senators from interest groups that…

supported this bill

Environmental policy [About]
Minority/Ethnic Groups [About]
Labor Unions [About]
41% more
$241,400
$1,212,093
$1,977,009
$3,430,502
$2,430,358
$2,430,358

opposed this bill

Commercial TV & radio stations [About]
15 Organizations Supported and 2 Opposed; See Which Ones
15 Organizations Supported and 2 Opposed; See Which Ones

Organizations that took a position on
Fair Elections Now Act

15 organizations supported this bill

AFL-CIO
(n.d.). American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations; Legislative Alert!; Letter to Chairman Feinstein and Bennett; 6-20-07. Retrieved n.d., from .
Americans for Campaign Reform
(n.d.). Simpson Supports Public Funding. Retrieved n.d., from .
Campaign Legal Center
(n.d.). Legal Center Debunks Broadcaster Claims, Urges Support for Media Voucher System. Retrieved n.d., from .
Center for Corporate Policy
(n.d.). Public Funding of Elections. Retrieved n.d., from .
Common Cause
(n.d.). Fair Elections Now Act Summary. Retrieved n.d., from .
Democracy Matters
(n.d.). From the community Clean up money, clean up politics. Retrieved n.d., from .
Fair Elections Now Coalition
(n.d.). Sign our petition!. Retrieved n.d., from .
League of Conservation Voters
(n.d.). Selected Statements of Support for the Fair Elections Now Act, SB 1285. Retrieved n.d., from .
League of Women Voters
(n.d.). What You Can Do:. Retrieved n.d., from .
Moveon.org
(n.d.). Selected Statements of Support for the Fair Elections Now Act, SB 1285. Retrieved n.d., from .
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
(n.d.). Selected Statements of Support for the Fair Elections Now Act, SB 1285. Retrieved n.d., from .
Public Campaign
(n.d.). Fair Elections. Retrieved n.d., from .
Public Citizen
(n.d.). The Solution: Fair Elections. Retrieved n.d., from .
Sierra Club
(n.d.). Selected Statements of Support for the Fair Elections Now Act, SB 1285. Retrieved n.d., from .
U.S. Public Interest Research Groups
(n.d.). How You Can Help. Retrieved n.d., from .

2 organizations opposed this bill

Center for Competitive Politics
(n.d.). Senate Committee on Rules and Administration; 6-20-07. Retrieved n.d., from .
National Association of Broadcasters
(n.d.). National Association of Broadcasters; Letter to Dianne Feinstein; David K. Rehr; 6-20-07. Retrieved n.d., from .

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Includes reported contributions to congressional campaigns of Senators in office during the 110th U.S. Congress, from interest groups invested in the vote according to MAPLight.org, January 1, 2003 – December 31, 2008.
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Contributions By Legislator

Namesort iconPartyState$ From Interest Groups
That Supported		$ From Interest Groups
That Opposed
Akaka, DanielDHI$30,500$3,500
Alexander, LamarRTN$6,100$5,600
Allard, WayneRCO$0$0
Barrasso, JohnRWY$0$3,500
Baucus, MaxDMT$24,950$23,400
Bayh, EvanDIN$26,200$56,692
Bennett, RobertRUT$3,000$13,000
Biden, JosephDDE$32,010$8,308
Bingaman, JeffDNM$20,001$6,500
Bond, ChristopherRMO$0$18,950
Boxer, BarbaraDCA$228,856$24,650
Brown, SherrodDOH$102,532$29,350
Brownback, SamuelRKS$5,000$22,500
Bunning, JimRKY$0$6,800
Burr, RichardRNC$2,300$59,691
Byrd, RobertDWV$10,250$12,400
Cantwell, MariaDWA$184,915$45,425
Cardin, BenjaminDMD$71,801$10,200
Carper, ThomasDDE$2,300$6,000
Casey, RobertDPA$148,263$35,200
Chambliss, SaxbyRGA$0$30,770
Clinton, HillaryDNY$288,395$105,225
Coburn, ThomasROK$0$7,700
Cochran, ThadRMS$2,300$7,000
Coleman, NormRMN$23,619$85,100
Collins, SusanRME$17,650$9,050
Conrad, KentDND$4,000$15,200
Corker, BobRTN$2,000$54,700
Cornyn, JohnRTX$12,200$59,850
Craig, LarryRID$0$1,000
Crapo, MichaelRID$1,000$5,500
DeMint, JimRSC$2,300$27,150
Dodd, ChristopherDCT$8,200$15,700
Dole, ElizabethRNC$12,930$29,900
Domenici, PeteRNM$0$6,600
Dorgan, ByronDND$4,250$36,190
Durbin, RichardDIL$35,010$4,350
Ensign, JohnRNV$500$45,749
Enzi, MichaelRWY$0$6,000
Feingold, RussellDWI$60,808$14,896
Feinstein, DianneDCA$45,600$11,350
Graham, LindseyRSC$15,850$24,950
Grassley, CharlesRIA$19,000$10,250
Gregg, JuddRNH$3,000$3,000
Hagel, CharlesRNE$0$4,600
Harkin, ThomasDIA$35,976$3,500
Hatch, OrrinRUT$7,500$26,100
Hutchison, KayRTX$7,733$53,799
Inhofe, JamesROK$0$13,625
Inouye, DanielDHI$28,301$24,500
Isakson, JohnRGA$0$7,200
Johnson, TimDSD$30,998$15,000
Kennedy, EdwardDMA$28,220$18,650
Kerry, JohnDMA$31,220$12,100
Klobuchar, AmyDMN$110,885$19,616
Kohl, HerbertDWI$0$-500
Kyl, JonRAZ$3,400$49,000
Landrieu, MaryDLA$14,966$41,399
Lautenberg, FrankDNJ$25,203$24,700
Leahy, PatrickDVT$19,450$18,950
Levin, CarlDMI$46,366$5,423
Lieberman, JosephICT$70,900$27,000
Lincoln, BlancheDAR$10,550$25,750
Lott, TrentRMS$1,000$12,250
Lugar, RichardRIN$30,750$4,000
Martinez, MelRFL$22,750$29,472
McCain, JohnRAZ$8,250$34,250
McCaskill, ClaireDMO$71,330$28,016
McConnell, MitchRKY$32,050$60,250
Menéndez, RobertDNJ$112,080$86,650
Mikulski, BarbaraDMD$23,650$8,000
Murkowski, LisaRAK$16,600$17,450
Murray, PattyDWA$102,249$6,250
Nelson, BenDNE$2,500$28,700
Nelson, BillDFL$63,405$45,700
Obama, BarackDIL$189,067$24,733
Pryor, MarkDAR$8,000$22,500
Reed, JohnDRI$8,060$2,600
Reid, HarryDNV$62,848$26,500
Roberts, PatRKS$0$13,250
Rockefeller, JohnDWV$50,700$30,600
Salazar, KenDCO$159,113$34,788
Sanders, BernardIVT$51,320$4,100
Schumer, CharlesDNY$68,498$30,200
Sessions, JeffersonRAL$2,000$13,250
Shelby, RichardRAL$2,300$11,250
Smith, GordonROR$7,600$40,668
Snowe, OlympiaRME$26,500$18,250
Specter, ArlenDPA$63,450$123,200
Stabenow, Debbie AnnDMI$66,110$31,461
Stevens, TedRAK$8,700$27,100
Sununu, JohnRNH$0$48,100
Tester, JonDMT$115,977$9,300
Thomas, CraigRWY$0$4,000
Thune, JohnRSD$0$53,450
Vitter, DavidRLA$10,927$32,522
Voinovich, GeorgeROH$250$17,890
Warner, JohnRVA$0$0
Webb, JimDVA$56,200$11,650
Whitehouse, SheldonDRI$44,910$14,250
Wicker, RogerRMS$5,600$12,750
Wyden, RonDOR$6,500$11,750

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NamePartyState$ From Interest Groups
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Akaka, DanielDHI$30,500$3,500
Alexander, LamarRTN$6,100$5,600
Allard, WayneRCO$0$0
Barrasso, JohnRWY$0$3,500
Baucus, MaxDMT$24,950$23,400
Bayh, EvanDIN$26,200$56,692
Bennett, RobertRUT$3,000$13,000
Biden, JosephDDE$32,010$8,308
Bingaman, JeffDNM$20,001$6,500
Bond, ChristopherRMO$0$18,950
Boxer, BarbaraDCA$228,856$24,650
Brown, SherrodDOH$102,532$29,350
Brownback, SamuelRKS$5,000$22,500
Bunning, JimRKY$0$6,800
Burr, RichardRNC$2,300$59,691
Byrd, RobertDWV$10,250$12,400
Cantwell, MariaDWA$184,915$45,425
Cardin, BenjaminDMD$71,801$10,200
Carper, ThomasDDE$2,300$6,000
Casey, RobertDPA$148,263$35,200
Chambliss, SaxbyRGA$0$30,770
Clinton, HillaryDNY$288,395$105,225
Coburn, ThomasROK$0$7,700
Cochran, ThadRMS$2,300$7,000
Coleman, NormRMN$23,619$85,100
Collins, SusanRME$17,650$9,050
Conrad, KentDND$4,000$15,200
Corker, BobRTN$2,000$54,700
Cornyn, JohnRTX$12,200$59,850
Craig, LarryRID$0$1,000
Crapo, MichaelRID$1,000$5,500
DeMint, JimRSC$2,300$27,150
Dodd, ChristopherDCT$8,200$15,700
Dole, ElizabethRNC$12,930$29,900
Domenici, PeteRNM$0$6,600
Dorgan, ByronDND$4,250$36,190
Durbin, RichardDIL$35,010$4,350
Ensign, JohnRNV$500$45,749
Enzi, MichaelRWY$0$6,000
Feingold, RussellDWI$60,808$14,896
Feinstein, DianneDCA$45,600$11,350
Graham, LindseyRSC$15,850$24,950
Grassley, CharlesRIA$19,000$10,250
Gregg, JuddRNH$3,000$3,000
Hagel, CharlesRNE$0$4,600
Harkin, ThomasDIA$35,976$3,500
Hatch, OrrinRUT$7,500$26,100
Hutchison, KayRTX$7,733$53,799
Inhofe, JamesROK$0$13,625
Inouye, DanielDHI$28,301$24,500
Isakson, JohnRGA$0$7,200
Johnson, TimDSD$30,998$15,000
Kennedy, EdwardDMA$28,220$18,650
Kerry, JohnDMA$31,220$12,100
Klobuchar, AmyDMN$110,885$19,616
Kohl, HerbertDWI$0$-500
Kyl, JonRAZ$3,400$49,000
Landrieu, MaryDLA$14,966$41,399
Lautenberg, FrankDNJ$25,203$24,700
Leahy, PatrickDVT$19,450$18,950
Levin, CarlDMI$46,366$5,423
Lieberman, JosephICT$70,900$27,000
Lincoln, BlancheDAR$10,550$25,750
Lott, TrentRMS$1,000$12,250
Lugar, RichardRIN$30,750$4,000
Martinez, MelRFL$22,750$29,472
McCain, JohnRAZ$8,250$34,250
McCaskill, ClaireDMO$71,330$28,016
McConnell, MitchRKY$32,050$60,250
Menéndez, RobertDNJ$112,080$86,650
Mikulski, BarbaraDMD$23,650$8,000
Murkowski, LisaRAK$16,600$17,450
Murray, PattyDWA$102,249$6,250
Nelson, BenDNE$2,500$28,700
Nelson, BillDFL$63,405$45,700
Obama, BarackDIL$189,067$24,733
Pryor, MarkDAR$8,000$22,500
Reed, JohnDRI$8,060$2,600
Reid, HarryDNV$62,848$26,500
Roberts, PatRKS$0$13,250
Rockefeller, JohnDWV$50,700$30,600
Salazar, KenDCO$159,113$34,788
Sanders, BernardIVT$51,320$4,100
Schumer, CharlesDNY$68,498$30,200
Sessions, JeffersonRAL$2,000$13,250
Shelby, RichardRAL$2,300$11,250
Smith, GordonROR$7,600$40,668
Snowe, OlympiaRME$26,500$18,250
Specter, ArlenDPA$63,450$123,200
Stabenow, Debbie AnnDMI$66,110$31,461
Stevens, TedRAK$8,700$27,100
Sununu, JohnRNH$0$48,100
Tester, JonDMT$115,977$9,300
Thomas, CraigRWY$0$4,000
Thune, JohnRSD$0$53,450
Vitter, DavidRLA$10,927$32,522
Voinovich, GeorgeROH$250$17,890
Warner, JohnRVA$0$0
Webb, JimDVA$56,200$11,650
Whitehouse, SheldonDRI$44,910$14,250
Wicker, RogerRMS$5,600$12,750
Wyden, RonDOR$6,500$11,750

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Environmental policy$1,977,009
Minority/Ethnic Groups$1,212,093
Labor Unions$241,400

Interest Groups that opposed this bill

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Commercial TV & radio stations$2,430,358
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