S 428 117th Congress Senate Taxation Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Government trust funds Political parties and affiliation Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Empower Act of 2021

Introduced: February 24, 2021 Introduced by: Van Hollen, Chris Democratic · Maryland See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Feb 24, 2021

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Empower Act of 2021

This bill modifies the system for the public financing of presidential primary and general elections.

The bill (1) increases the amount of matching funds for participating candidates by matching the first $200 of contributions by individuals to a candidate at a 6:1 ratio; (2) eliminates spending limits on participating candidates; (3) allows the national committee of a political party to make expenditures of up to $100 million in coordination with participating candidates; (4) requires all payments made to candidates, beginning with the 2028 presidential election, to be made from the Freedom From Influence Fund established by this bill; and (5) prohibits joint fundraising committees for any authorized committee of a candidate.

What's happening now February 24, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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