CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Joseph Morelle (D-NY)

FEC Administrative Improvements Act

H.R. 8738 · House bill Government Operations and Politics

A Democratic bill with 2 Republican cosponsors · See all 3 cosponsors

Last activity — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

In the other chamber's committee

Passed one chamber and has been handed to a committee in the other.

The committee decides whether it goes any further, and most bills that reach a committee never leave it. A committee that simply does nothing kills a bill without anyone ever voting against it, so no news from here is usually the news.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. Passed House voice vote
  3. In Senate committee

The House by voice vote (members called out yes or no together): no member's position on it was recorded.

What this bill would do

This bill is known as the FEC Administrative Improvements Act. It changes the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971. The bill requires electronic report filing for persons making certain electioneering communications. It also permits political committees to make disbursements by methods other than check. The bill was passed by the House of Representatives and referred to the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration.

Yes

  • Scored +3

    Does this make elections run better?

    The bill improves election administration by mandating electronic filing for those making electioneering communications.

  • Scored +2

    Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?

    Electronic filing requirements help make election-related expenditures more accessible to the public.

The opposite

  • Scored -1

    Would union members be better off under this?

    The relaxation of disbursement rules may reduce the rigorous paper trail used for political accountability.