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        <h1 style="margin-top: 9px; margin-bottom: 27px;">Empowering Citizens Act</h1>
        <h2 style="line-height: 37px; margin-bottom: 29px;">If it became law, this bill would require public funding of elections. It would match campaign donations up to $250 at 6:1 ratio.</h2>
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                <h4 class="media-heading"><strong>Eliminates PAC Bundling</strong></h4>
                <span class="small">This proposal would significantly improve campaign finance laws</span>
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                <h4 class="media-heading"><strong>Reforms Campaign Finance</strong></h4>
                <span class="small">This proposal would significantly improve campaign finance laws</span>
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        <h3>WHAT IS IT?</h3>
        <p>The Empowering Citizens Act is federal public financing legislation modeled on New York City’s small donor matching fund program. It aims to amplify the voices of small donors in congressional and presidential elections by matching contributions up to $250 with public funds at a 5-1 ratio. The legislation encourages candidates to run grassroots-oriented campaigns by cutting contribution limits in half for candidates who choose to accept public funding.</p>

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        <h3>SPONSOR</h3>

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              <h3 class="margin-top-0"> Rep.<strong> Alma Adams</strong> </h3>
              <h4> D-NC District 12</h4>
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        <h3>PROVISIONS</h3>

        <h5>Citizen Funded Elections</h5>

        <p>Match contributions up to $250 with public funds at a 5-1 ratio for qualified presidential and congressional candidates who accept donor contribution limits,Value-adjusted for inflation,Qualifying House candidates must raise $40,000 from at least 400 in-state individual donors, counting only the first $250 of a contribution from a single donor,Qualifying Senate candidates must raise the same amount as a House candidate multiplied by the number of congressional districts in the Senate candidate’s state,Citizen funding matching payments are limited to $2million for representatives and $10million for senators,Candidates eligible if they agree to accept only contributions from small donors (giving $1000 or less a year), to limit personal expenditures to $50,000 per election, to not accept bundled payments, and to not fundraise for any political party or committee,Excludes contributions from out-of-state residents,Repeal public financing of party conventions</p>

        <h5>Transparency</h5>

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          <li><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok" aria-hidden="true"></span>Contributions must be disclosed in a daily report starting 21 days before the elections</li>
          <li><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok" aria-hidden="true"></span>Prohibition on joint fundraising committees</li>
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        <h5>Super PACs</h5>

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          <li><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok" aria-hidden="true"></span>Shut down individual candidate Super PACs</li>
          <li><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok" aria-hidden="true"></span>Strengthens rules prohibiting coordination</li>
          <li><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok" aria-hidden="true"></span>Prohibits candidates from raising any funds for a Super PAC</li>
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        <h5>Bundling</h5>

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          <li><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok" aria-hidden="true"></span>Limits bundled contributions to Presidential campaigns</li>
          <li><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok" aria-hidden="true"></span>Discloses bundled contributions from lobbyists</li>
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        <h5>Enforcement</h5>

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          <li><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok" aria-hidden="true"></span>Strengthens judicial review of violations</li>
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        <h5>Contribution & Spending Limits</h5>

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          <li><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok" aria-hidden="true"></span>No spending limits</li>
          <li><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok" aria-hidden="true"></span>Presidential primary candidate personal expenditure limitation of $50,000</li>
          <li><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok" aria-hidden="true"></span>Unlimited coordinated party expenditures in support of candidates, but only from funds the parties raised from contributions limited to no more than $1,250 per donor per year.</li>
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        <h4>PROPOSAL REFERENCES</h4>

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          <li><a href="#">Reform Website</a></li>
          <li><a href="#">Official Congress Page</a></li>
          <li><a href="#">Govtrack Page</a></li>
          <li><a href="#">Open Congress Page</a></li>
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