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A bill to express the sense of the Senate on consideration of comprehensive campaign finance reform.

Introduced: March 18, 1997 Introduced by: Durbin, Richard J. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Mar 18, 1997
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Mar 18, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2481)
Mar 18, 1997
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Senate should proceed to the consideration of comprehensive campaign finance reform that reduces spending on political campaigns and curtails the influence of special interest money in Federal elections by no later than May 31, 1997, and adopt as a goal the final enactment of such legislation by no later than July 4, 1997.

What's happening now March 18, 1997

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 65: A bill to express the sense of the Senate on consideration of comprehensive campaign finance reform.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-SRES-65/
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"S. Res. 65: A bill to express the sense of the Senate on consideration of comprehensive campaign finance reform.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-SRES-65/.
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S. Res. 65, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-SRES-65/.
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