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S 194 112th Congress Senate Taxation Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Government trust funds Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

A bill to reduce Federal spending and the deficit by terminating taxpayer financing of presidential election campaigns and party conventions.

Introduced: January 26, 2011 Introduced by: McConnell, Mitch Republican · Kentucky See on congress.gov
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Jan 26, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S282)
Jan 26, 2011
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to terminate the taxpayer election to designate $3 of income tax liability for financing of presidential election campaigns, the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, and the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account.

What's happening now January 26, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S282)

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 194: A bill to reduce Federal spending and the deficit by terminating taxpayer financing of presidential election campaigns and party conventions.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-194/
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"S. 194: A bill to reduce Federal spending and the deficit by terminating taxpayer financing of presidential election campaigns and party conventions.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-194/.
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