US Congress House Bill 154 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 83-1-1)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-01-09 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H160)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Close the Floodgates Act Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended by the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, to repeal certain limits on separate contributions by persons or multicandidate political committees to political committees of a national political party which are not the authorized political committees of any candidate. Specifies those contributions used to defray expenses for: a presidential nominating convention; the construction, purchase, renovation, operation, and furnishing of party headquarters buildings; and the preparation for and the conduct of election recounts, contests, and other legal proceedings.

Close the Floodgates Act

Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]
Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]
Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]
Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]
Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. John Carney [D-DE]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]
Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]
Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]
Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]
Rep. Nancy Pelosi [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]
Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]
Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-01-09	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H160)
2015-01-06	House	Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
2015-01-06	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/154/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr154/BILLS-114hr154ih.pdf