527 Fairness Act of 2005

Summary

527 Fairness Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to: (1) repeal the aggregate limit on contributions by individuals; (2) increase the limits for House and Senate candidates facing wealthy opponents; (3) repeal the limit on the amount of party expenditures on behalf of candidates in general elections; (4) index limits on the amount of contributions made to or by multicandidate political committees; (5) permit expenditures for certain targeted electioneering communications by specified kinds of organizations; (6) permit corporations and labor organizations to solicit political contributions from members by communications of any sort (currently, only by mail); and (7) permit State and local political parties to use nonfederal funds for voter registration and sample ballots.

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• Reported in House (text)

  Reported in House · EN · 22 June 2005

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• Reported in House (PDF)

  Reported in House · EN · 22 June 2005

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• Reported to House with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 22 June 2005

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 15 March 2005

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 15 March 2005

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 15 March 2005

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