Key Votes
HR 2183 - Campaign Finance Reform bill - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Frank Lucas voted Nay (Passage) on this legislation.
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Stages
Family
- HR 2183 - Campaign Finance Reform bill
- H Amdt 688 - Campaign Finance Reform Commission Amendment
- H Amdt 690 - Shays Amendment
- H Amdt 694 - Express Advocacy Amendment
- H Amdt 716 - Noncitizen Campaign Contribution Amendment
- H Amdt 744 - Labor Political Activity Amendment
- H Amdt 747 - Voter Registration Amendment
- H Amdt 862 - Federal Campaign Finance Amendment
- SB 79 - Tennessee Health Care Freedom Act
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Placed on Calendar (Senate) - Sept. 9, 1998
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (252-179) - Aug. 6, 1998 (Key vote)
Title: Campaign Finance Reform bill
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that imposes campaign finance reforms on the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) in order to change certain Federal election regulations.
Highlights:
- Bars national, state, district, or local committees from soliciting funds from tax-exempt organizations, or organizations that have applied for tax-exempt status.
- Bans individuals from contributing more than $10,000 to a State party during an election cycle.
- Increases from $25,000 to $30,000 the annual aggregate limit on individual political contributions.
- Redefines the term "contribution" to include communications that express advocacy for or against a party or individual, as well as payments made in support of a candidate running for Federal office.
- Redefines the term "Expenditure" to include payments made for communications provided in coordination with the candidate, the candidate's agent, or the candidate's political party for the express purpose of influencing a Federal election.
- Requires that reports be filed with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) for persons contributing an aggregate of $1,000 or more after the 20th day before an election, or an aggregate of $10,000 over 20 days before an election.
- Obliges parties to report any contribution over $200 to the FEC, including the name and address of the donor, and the name of the candidate the money is meant to support or oppose.
- Forbids parties from making both coordinated and independent expenditures to a candidate after he or she had been officially nominated.
- Mandates that the FEC file reports electronically and make them publicly accessible on the Internet within 24 hours of their receipt.
- Extends the time period within which a campaign audit may be started from 6 to 12 months within a scheduled election date.
- Lowers the minimum contribution for the reporting of contributor identification from $200 to $50.
- Requires only the name and address of a person contributing between $50 and $200.
- Directs the FEC to declare that a candidate is eligible if the candidate and the candidate's committees do not exceed a personal funds expenditure limit of $50,000.
- Prohibits foreign nationals and persons under the age of 18 from contributing to candidates or political parties.
- Amends FECA to mandate between 1 and 10 years imprisonment for anyone who willfully violates its provisions.
Sponsors
- William 'Asa' Hutchinson (AR - R) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Thomas H. 'Tom' Allen (ME - D) (Out Of Office)
- Henry Scott 'Scotty' Baesler (KY - ) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas M. 'Tom' Barrett (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert Marion Berry (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Rod R. Blagojevich (IL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Earl Blumenauer (OR - D)
- Leonard L. Boswell (IA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Allen Boyd Jr. (FL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Kevin P. Brady (TX - R)
- Thomas J. 'Tom' Campbell (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Walter Holden Capps (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Julia M. Carson (IN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Donna Marie Christensen (VI - D)
- Gary A. Condit (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Merrill A. Cook (UT - R) (Out Of Office)
- James 'Jim' Davis (FL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Diana Louise DeGette (CO - D)
- William D. 'Bill' Delahunt (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Peter Deutsch (FL - ) (Out Of Office)
- John J. 'Jimmy' Duncan Jr. (TN - R)
- Bob R. Etheridge (NC - D) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas W. Ewing (IL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Mark Foley (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Harold Ford Jr. (TN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jon David Fox (PA - ) (Out Of Office)
- Sam Gejdenson (CT - D) (Out Of Office)
- James A. 'Jim' Gibbons (NV - R) (Out Of Office)
- Wayne T. Gilchrest (MD - R) (Out Of Office)
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. (VA - R) (Out Of Office)
- William F. 'Bill' Goodling (PA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Porter J. Goss (FL - ) (Out Of Office)
- Lindsey O. Graham (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- James C. 'Jim' Greenwood (PA - ) (Out Of Office)
- Richard A. 'Rick' Hill (MT - ) (Out Of Office)
- Rubén E. Hinojosa Sr. (TX - D)
- Darlene Hooley (OR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Stephen 'Steve' Horn (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Kenny C. Hulshof (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Christopher 'Chris' John (LA - ) (Out Of Office)
- Jay W. Johnson (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Ronald James 'Ron' Kind (WI - D)
- Nicholas V. 'Nick' Lampson (TX - D) (Out Of Office)
- Zoe Lofgren (CA - D)
- William P. 'Bill' Luther (MN - ) (Out Of Office)
- Carolyn B. Maloney (NY - D)
- James H. 'Jim' Maloney (CT - D) (Out Of Office)
- Karen McCarthy (MO - ) (Out Of Office)
- Carolyn McCarthy (NY - D)
- Douglas Carmichael 'Mike' McIntyre (NC - D)
- Jack Metcalf (WA - R) (Out Of Office)
- David Minge (MN - D) (Out Of Office)
- William J. 'Bill' Pascrell Jr. (NJ - D)
- Collin C. Peterson (MN - D)
- Thomas E. 'Tom' Petri (WI - R)
- William T. 'Bill' Redmond (NM - ) (Out Of Office)
- Frank Duncan Riggs (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Loretta L. Sanchez (CA - D)
- Marshall Clement 'Mark' Sanford Jr. (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Joe Scarborough (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Norman Sisisky (VA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Victor F. 'Vic' Snyder (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Gerald B.H. 'Jerry' Solomon (NY - R) (Out Of Office)
- Debbie Ann Stabenow (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Charles W. 'Charlie' Stenholm (TX - ) (Out Of Office)
- Ted Strickland (OH - D) (Out Of Office)
- Ellen O. Tauscher (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- William J. 'Billy' Tauzin (LA - ) (Out Of Office)
- Gene Taylor (MS - D) (Out Of Office)
- James A. 'Jim' Traficant Jr. (OH - ) (Out Of Office)
- James 'Jim' Turner (TX - ) (Out Of Office)
- Frederick Stephen 'Fred' Upton (MI - R)
- Peter J. 'Pete' Visclosky (IN - D)
- Zach Wamp (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Henry A. Waxman (CA - D)
- Robert Wexler (FL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Robert A. 'Bob' Weygand (RI - D) (Out Of Office)
