Key Votes
HR 2356 - Campaign Reform Act of 2001 - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Ron Kind voted Yea (Passage) on this legislation.
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Stages
- March 27, 2002 Executive Signed
- March 20, 2002 Senate Bill Passed
- Feb. 14, 2002 House Bill Passed
- June 28, 2001 Introduced
Family
- HR 2356 - Campaign Reform Act of 2001
- HB 464 - Provides Medical Liability Protection for Hard-to-Recruit Subspecialists
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Signed (Executive) - Became Public Law No. 107-155 - March 27, 2002
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (60-40) - March 20, 2002 (Key vote)
Title: Campaign Reform Act of 2001
Vote to pass a bill that would implement reforms in the ways that politicians can raise money and regulate how unions, state political parties, and national political parties can distribute money to individual politicians.
- Bans soft money contributions to national political parties.
- Limits contributions individuals can make to Senate candidates ($2,000 limit) and House candidates ($1,000 limit).
- Raises the limit on individual contributions to national party committees to $25,000 annually.
- Raises the aggregate individual limit on all contributions to federal candidates, political action committees (PACs), and parties to $37,500 annually.
- Raises the special limit on combined contributions to Senate candidates by national and senatorial party committees respectively to $35,000 during an election year.
- Prohibits the use of corporate and labor union funds to purchase issue ads that specify individual candidates from being run 60 days prior to a general election and 30 days before a primary election.
- Stipulates that soft money may comprise half of the total expenditures state and local parties use for voter registration and get-out-the-vote programs.
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (240-189) - Feb. 14, 2002 (Key vote)
Title: Campaign Reform Act of 2001
Vote to pass a bill that would implement reforms in the ways that politicians can raise money and regulate how unions, state political parties, and national political parties can distribute money to individual politicians.
- Bans soft money contributions to national political parties.
- Limits contributions individuals can make to Senate candidates ($2,000 limit) and House candidates ($1,000 limit).
- Raises the limit on individual contributions to national party committees to $25,000 annually.
- Raises the aggregate individual limit on all contributions to federal candidates, political action committees (PACs), and parties to $37,500 annually.
- Raises the special limit on combined contributions to Senate candidates by national and senatorial party committees respectively to $35,000 during an election year.
- Prohibits the use of corporate and labor union funds to purchase issue ads that specify individual candidates from being run 60 days prior to a general election and 30 days before a primary election.
- Stipulates that soft money may comprise half of the total expenditures state and local parties use for voter registration and get-out-the-vote programs.
Sponsors
- Christopher H. Shays (CT - R) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Martin T. 'Marty' Meehan (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
