To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit nonparty multicandidate political committees from making contributions to candidates in congressional 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

9 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 2 Democrats

2 of 9 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.

James Greenwood (R-PA), Martin Hoke (R-OH), Steve Horn (R-CA), Bob Inglis (R-SC), Andrew Jacobs (D-IN), Martin Meehan (D-MA), Mark Sanford (R-SC), Nick Smith (R-MI), Zach Wamp (R-TN).

More from the sponsor

Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Peter Torkildsen.

• H.R. 1358 (104th) To require the Secretary of Commerce to convey to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts the National Marine Fisheries Service laboratory…
• H.R. 2715 (104th) Paperwork Elimination Act of 1996
• H.R. 2959 (104th) To repeal the requirement enacted in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 for the mandatory discharge or retirement…
• H.R. 1029 (104th) To improve the enforcement of child support obligations in both intrastate and interstate cases by requiring the imposition and execution…
• H.R. 2471 (104th) To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reduce the amount that a nonparty multicandidate political committee may contribute…
• H.R. 2188 (104th) To establish in the Department of the Interior the Essex National Heritage Area Commission, and for other purposes.

Sponsor’s state and district

Massachusetts in Congress · MA-6 district