Let the People Decide Clean Campaign Act

Bill: 110-hr-2817
Sponsor: Rep. Obey, David R. [D-WI-7]
Introduced: 2007-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Campaign funds
Checkoff
Commerce
Congress
Congressional districts
Congressional elections
Congressional powers
Constitutional amendments
Corporation taxes
Economics and Public Finance
Election candidates
Expedited congressional procedure
Fund raising
Government trust funds
House of Representatives
House rules and procedure
Income
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Law
Legislative resolutions
Political advertising
Political parties
Presidential elections
Primaries
Public service advertising
Science, Technology, Communications
Senate rules and procedure
Sunset legislation
Tax rates
Tax refunds
Tax returns
Taxation
Television advertising
Third parties (U.S. politics)
Voting

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: 
Let the People Decide Clean Campaign Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to set forth specified expenditure limitations for House of Representatives general elections.

Permits additional expenditures by eligible major party, third party, and independent candidates.

Establishes in the Treasury the Grassroots Good Citizenship Fund (Fund), which shall provide public funding for House candidates' expenditures. Authorizes certain additional amounts from state and national party committees.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) authorize taxpayers to designate specified overpayments and contributions for the Fund; and (2) increase corporate tax rates on taxable income above $10 million, and require payment of the amounts received by reason of such increase to the Fund. 

Amends FECA to: (1) ban independent expenditures in House elections; (2) ban the use of nonfederal funds for certain disbursements; and (3) set forth specified House limitations for expenditures for elections other than general elections. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Rules, 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.
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Rules, 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.
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Rules, 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.
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Rules, 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.
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Introduced in House