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House bill · 101st Congress · Did not become law

To amend section 313 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to eliminate an exception that permits certain Members of Congress to use amounts from excess campaign funds for personal purposes.

H.R. 40Introduced Jan 3, 1989Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Sponsor: Rep. David Obey D-WI
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Where it went

Latest action: Feb 9, 1989 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Elections.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

84 cosponsors — 30 Republicans, 54 Democrats

30 of 84 cosponsors (36%) are from the other party.

Bill Archer (R-TX), Les Aspin (D-WI), Chester Atkins (D-MA), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Jim Bates (D-CA), Anthony Beilenson (D-CA), Charles Bennett (D-FL), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), James Bilbray (D-NV), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Joseph Brennan (D-ME), George Brown (D-CA), John Bryant (D-TX), Jack Buechner (R-MO), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Howard Coble (R-NC), Christopher Cox (R-CA), George Crockett (D-MI), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chuck Douglas (R-NH), Bernard Dwyer (D-NJ), Dennis Eckart (D-OH), Dante Fascell (D-FL), Harris Fawell (R-IL), James Florio (D-NJ), Thomas Foglietta (D-PA), Jamie Fuster (D-PR), Dan Glickman (D-KS) and 54 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 101st Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Obey.

Sponsor’s state and district

Wisconsin in Congress · WI-7 district

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Data as of Sep 30, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.