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.
Legislative Activity
Stay on top of the latest movement without scrolling through every action
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
View full timeline
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
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
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1961, S1992)
March 26, 2015
Amendment SA 867 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 52. Record Vote Number: 107.
March 26, 2015
Senate amendment submitted
March 25, 2015
Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 867 proposed by Senator Whitehouse.(consideration: CR S1879; text: CR S1879)
March 25, 2015
Senate amendment submitted
March 25, 2015
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
Votes
1 roll call on this amendment
Text
Submitted
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. ______