US Congress Senate Bill 9 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-1)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-01-22 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S47-48)
Pending: Senate Rules And Administration Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Clean and Fair Elections Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate with respect to congressional attention to elections and voting, including concerning: structuring election administration and campaign finance systems so that the interests of the American public are the first priority; greater transparency and an end to anonymous political spending by shadow groups and special interests; disclosure of campaign contributions in a searchable, public online database, safeguarding the right to vote, including by prohibiting deceptive and misleading efforts to prevent voters from exercising the franchise; streamlining voting procedures; passage of legislation that includes expanded absentee voting, mandatory early voting periods, and voter registration reforms; ensuring that local election officials have working voting systems that are accessible, secure, and easy to use; state plans to reduce lines at polling places and provide additional flexibility in the event of a natural disaster or other emergency; and enforcement of the guarantees of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 so that all Americans are able to vote and have their votes count without discrimination.

Clean and Fair Elections Act

Sen. Harry Reid [D-NV]	Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]
Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Carl Levin [D-MI]
Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. John Rockefeller [D-WV]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]
Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-22	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S47-48)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/9/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s9/BILLS-113s9is.pdf