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Endorsed by President Obama

President Barack Obama co-sponsored the Fair Elections Now Act while in the Senate and continues to support the bill. As President he has tremendous opportunity to help pass this robust public funding legislation, introduced by his friend and mentor, Senator Dick Durbin:

Top 8 Obama Quotes on Public Funding

Fair Elections in the Press

Legislation

Since 2003, Americans for Campaign Reform has been working to convert Americans' distrust of Washington's corrosive status quo into lasting, meaningful reform.

Now leaders in Congress are taking up this challenge by supporting comprehensive reform legislation that addresses the very root of the problems caused by money in politics.

Federal public funding legislation enjoys bipartisan support in both houses of Congress, with over 120 cosponsors. The bills would create a modern system of public funding of Presidential and Congressional elections based on small donations from citizens:

1. Fair Elections Now Act — S.752 and H.R.1826:
To provide a voluntary public funding system for Senate and House elections, respectively

2. Presidential Funding Act (will be introduced shortly):
To update the system of public financing for Presidential elections

1. Fair Elections Now Act

S.752 in the Senate and H.R.1826 in the House:
To provide a voluntary public funding system for Senate and House elections

Watch the introduction of the Fair Elections Now Act:

Download a one page Fair Elections Fact Sheet

Full Text of S.752

Introduced by:
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]
Cosponsors:
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]
Sen. Christopher Dodd [D, CT]
Sen. Russell Feingold [D, WI]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY]
Sen. Arlen Specter [D, PA]

Full Text of H.R.1826

House Sponsors:
Rep. John Larson [D-CT]
Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]
Cosponsors:
Rep. Neil Abercrombie [D, HI-1]
Rep. Robert Andrews [D, NJ-1]
Rep. Michael Arcuri [D, NY-24]
Rep. Tammy Baldwin [D, WI-2]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D, OR-3]
Rep. John Boccieri [D, OH-16]
Rep. Bruce Braley [D, IA-1]
Rep. Michael Capuano [D, MA-8]
Rep. Ben Chandler [D, KY-6]
Rep. William Clay [D, MO-1]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D, VA-11]
Rep. John Conyers [D, MI-14]
Rep. Jim Cooper [D, TN-5]
Rep. Jerry Costello [D, IL-12]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D, CT-2]
Rep. Elijah Cummings [D, MD-7]
Rep. Kathleen Dahlkemper [D, PA-3]
Rep. Danny Davis [D, IL-7]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D, OR-4]
Rep. William Delahunt [D, MA-10]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D, CT-3]
Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D, TX-25]
Rep. Michael Doyle [D, PA-14]
Rep. Donna Edwards [D, MD-4]
Rep. Keith Ellison [D, MN-5]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D, CA-14]
Rep. Sam Farr [D, CA-17]
Rep. Chaka Fattah [D, PA-2]
Rep. Bob Filner [D, CA-51]
Rep. Bill Foster [D, IL-14]
Rep. Barney Frank [D, MA-4]
Rep. Alan Grayson [D, FL-8]
Rep. Raymond Green [D, TX-29]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D, IL-4]
Rep. Phil Hare [D, IL-17]
Rep. Jane Harman [D, CA-36]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D, FL-23]
Rep. Martin Heinrich [D, NM-1]
Rep. James Himes [D, CT-4]
Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D, NY-22]
Rep. Mazie Hirono [D, HI-2]
Rep. Paul Hodes [D, NH-2]
Rep. Rush Holt [D, NJ-12]
Rep. Michael Honda [D, CA-15]
Rep. Steve Israel [D, NY-2]
Rep. Jesse Jackson [D, IL-2]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D, GA-4]
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D, TX-30]
Rep. Walter Jones [R, NC-3]
Rep. Steve Kagen [D, WI-8]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D, OH-9]
Rep. Dale Kildee [D, MI-5]
Rep. Ronald Kind [D, WI-3]
Rep. Larry Kissell [D, NC-8]
Rep. Suzanne Kosmas [D, FL-24]
Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D, OH-10]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D, CA-9]
Rep. John Lewis [D, GA-5]
Rep. David Loebsack [D, IA-2]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D, CA-16]
Rep. Nita Lowey [D, NY-18]
Rep. Ben Lujan [D, NM-3]
Rep. Daniel Maffei [D, NY-25]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D, NY-14]
Rep. Betsy Markey [D, CO-4]
Rep. Edward Markey [D, MA-7]
Rep. Eric Massa [D, NY-29]
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D, NY-4]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D, MN-4]
Rep. James McDermott [D, WA-7]
Rep. James McGovern [D, MA-3]
Rep. Jerry McNerney [D, CA-11]
Rep. Michael Michaud [D, ME-2]
Rep. Bradley Miller [D, NC-13]
Rep. George Miller [D, CA-7]
Rep. James Moran [D, VA-8]
Rep. Scott Murphy [D, NY-20]
Rep. Christopher Murphy [D, CT-5]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D, NY-8]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D, CA-38]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D, DC-0]
Rep. John Olver [D, MA-1]
Rep. Solomon Ortiz [D, TX-27]
Rep. William Pascrell [D, NJ-8]
Rep. Thomas Perriello [D, VA-5]
Rep. Gary Peters [D, MI-9]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D, ME-1]
Rep. Todd Platts [R, PA-19]
Rep. Jared Polis [D, CO-2]
Rep. David Price [D, NC-4]
Rep. Charles Rangel [D, NY-15]
Rep. Silvestre Reyes [D, TX-16]
Rep. Steven Rothman [D, NJ-9]
Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger [D, MD-2]
Rep. Linda Sanchez [D, CA-39]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]
Rep. Robert Scott [D, VA-3]
Rep. Jose Serrano [D, NY-16]
Rep. Joe Sestak [D, PA-7]
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D, NH-1]
Rep. Louise Slaughter [D, NY-28]
Rep. Adam Smith [D, WA-9]
Rep. Fortney Stark [D, CA-13]
Rep. Betty Sutton [D, OH-13]
Rep. Harry Teague [D, NM-2]
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D, MS-2]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D, NY-21]
Rep. Niki Tsongas [D, MA-5]
Rep. Christopher Van Hollen [D, MD-8]
Rep. Timothy Walz [D, MN-1]
Rep. Peter Welch [D, VT-0]
Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D, CA-6]
Rep. David Wu [D, OR-1]
Rep. John Yarmuth [D, KY-3]

2. Presidential Funding Act

This bill will be re-introduced to update the system of public financing for Presidential elections. Below is the information for the version of the bill introduced in the 110th Congress:

Senate Sponsors:
Sen. Russell Feingold [D, WI]
Cosponsor: Sen. Barack Obama [D, IL]

Full Text of S.436

House Sponsors:
Rep. Martin Meehan [D-MA]
Rep. Christopher Shays [R-CT]

Full Text of H.R.776

Americans for Campaign Reform is a non-partisan 501(c)3 non-profit organization. We endorse this legislation as permitted by law.

Further bill information can be obtained from THOMAS at the Library of Congress and OpenCongress.org.