A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act to exclude from the definition of "independent expenditures" those expenditures that are not truly independent of the legislative process.

Summary

Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to revise the definition of "independent expenditure" to exclude expenditures during congressional elections by a political committee affiliated with an organization that lobbies Congress. Deems such an expenditure to be a contribution subject to the limitations of that Act.

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Timeline

1. 30 January 1991

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 30 January 1991

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 7 March 1991

   Committee

   Committee on Rules. Hearings held.

   Source: Committee

4. 13 March 1991

   Committee

   Committee on Rules. Hearings held.

   Source: Committee

5. 14 March 1991

   Committee

   Committee on Rules. Hearings concluded. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 102-44.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · — · Download file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 30 January 1991

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Sponsors

• Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Boren, David L. [D-OK] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Bryan, Richard H. [D-NV] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Dixon, Alan J. [D-IL] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Sanford, Terry [D-NC] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] · D · Cosponsor
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