Along with Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), Representative Price (D-NC), and Representative Shays (R-CT), Feingold introduced the Presidential Funding Act of 2007, S.2412, which would implement a variety of reforms to make the presidential funding system more practical and appealing to candidates. These reforms include providing matching funds earlier in the cycle, increasing the amount of public funding available to participating candidates, eliminating state-by-state primary spending limits, and significantly raising the total primary and general election spending limits.
S. 2412: Presidential Funding Act of 2007
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the system of public financing for Presidential elections, and for other purposes.
Sponsor:
Sen. Russell Feingold [D-WI]hide cosponsors
Cosponsors [as of 2008-01-28]
Sen. Joseph Biden [D-DE]
Sen. Hillary Clinton [D-NY]
Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]
Sen. Christopher Dodd [D-CT]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]
Sen. John Kerry [D-MA]
Sen. Barack Obama [D-IL]