S.Amdt. 867Senate114th Congress (2015-2017)

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to making it more difficult for corporations and billionaires to secretly influence elections by making unlimited undisclosed campaign expenditures, and to prevent such entities from evading campaign finance law, including through making false statements to government agencies.

Submitted March 25, 2015

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Senate amendment not agreed to: Amendment SA 867 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 52. Record Vote Number: 107.

March 26, 2015

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Senate amendment not agreed to: Amendment SA 867 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 52. Record Vote Number: 107.

March 26, 2015

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Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Amendment SA 867 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 52. Record Vote Number: 107.

March 26, 2015

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Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1961, S1992)

March 26, 2015

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Amendment SA 867 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 52. Record Vote Number: 107.

March 26, 2015

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Senate amendment submitted

March 25, 2015

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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 867 proposed by Senator Whitehouse.(consideration: CR S1879; text: CR S1879)

March 25, 2015

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Senate amendment submitted

March 25, 2015

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Amendment SA 867 proposed by Senator Whitehouse. (consideration: CR S1879; text: CR S1879) To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to making it more difficult for corporations and billionaires to secretly influence elections by making unlimited undisclosed campaign expenditures, and to prevent such entities from evading campaign finance law, including through making false statements to government agencies.

March 25, 2015

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SA 867. Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself and Mr. Udall) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution
S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; as
follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO MAKE IT MORE
DIFFICULT FOR CORPORATIONS TO SECRETLY
INFLUENCE ELECTIONS.

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution
for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments,
amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports
relating to campaign finance reform, including disclosure of
campaign spending and the prevention and enforcement of false
statements to the Government, by the amounts provided in such
legislation for those purposes, provided that such
legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
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