Preamble. To reform the financing of congressional elections by broadening participation by small dollar donors, and for other...

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To reform the financing of congressional elections by broadening participation by small dollar donors, and for other purposes. — Sponsor: Mr. Sarbanes — Cosponsors: Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Crowley, Ms. Sánchez, Mr. Aguilar, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Bera, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. Cartwright, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Castro of Texas, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr.

Cicilline, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Cummings, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Delaney, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. DelBene, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Deutch, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Engel, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Esty, Ms. Frankel of Florida, Ms. Gabbard, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr.

Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Gutiérrez, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Heck, Mr. Himes, Ms. Norton, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Jeffries, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Keating, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Kihuen, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Kind, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Clay, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mrs. Lawrence, Ms. Lee, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mr.

Loebsack, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lowenthal, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico, Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms. Matsui, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Meng, Ms. Moore, Mr. Moulton, Mrs. Murphy of Florida, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Nolan, Mr. Norcross, Mr. O'Halleran, Mr. O'Rourke, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Payne, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr.

Peters, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Polis, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Raskin, Miss Rice of New York, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. Sires, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Soto, Ms. Speier, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Velázquez, Mr. Walz, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mrs.

Watson Coleman, Mr. Welch, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Jones, Mr. Sherman, Mr. McNerney, Ms. Bass — Actions: January 24, 2017 — Mr. Sarbanes (for himself, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Crowley, Ms. Sánchez, Mr. Aguilar, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Bera, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. Cartwright, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Castro of Texas, Ms.

Judy Chu of California, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Cummings, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Delaney, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. DelBene, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Deutch, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Engel, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Esty, Ms. Frankel of Florida, Ms. Gabbard, Mr.

Gallego, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Gutiérrez, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Heck, Mr. Himes, Ms. Norton, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Jeffries, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Keating, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Kihuen, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Kind, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Clay, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mrs. Lawrence, Ms. Lee, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr.

Ted Lieu of California, Mr. Loebsack, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lowenthal, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico, Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms. Matsui, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Meng, Ms. Moore, Mr. Moulton, Mrs. Murphy of Florida, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Nolan, Mr. Norcross, Mr. O'Halleran, Mr. O'Rourke, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Pascrell, Mr.

Payne, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Peters, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Polis, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Raskin, Miss Rice of New York, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. Sires, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Soto, Ms. Speier, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Velázquez, Mr.

Walz, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Welch, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Jones, Mr. Sherman, Mr. McNerney, and Ms. Bass) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned