House now has 154 cosponsors of Fair Elections Now Act. This bill expires at the end of the year.

Is it all for show, or will Democrats finally move on public financing for their campaigns? If we had an informed and engaged electorate, it would not be necessary to counteract special interests and their outsized influence on what happens in Congress--outsized because their lobbyists serve as fundraisers and keep campaign coffers filled. Molly Ivins called this system of ours'legalized bribery.'

If not now, when? If not Democrats, who? It sure as hell won't be Republicans who live to serve big monied interests.

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S.752
Title: Fair Elections Now Act
Sponsor: Sen Durbin, Richard (introduced 3/31/2009) Cosponsors (20)

Related Bills: H.R.1826

Latest Major Action: 3/31/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
COSPONSORS(20), BY DATE : (Sort: alphabetical order)

Sen Specter, Arlen - 3/31/2009
Sen Dodd, Christopher J. - 5/14/2009
Sen Gillibrand, Kirsten E. - 5/18/2009
Sen Feingold, Russell D. - 7/9/2009
Sen Boxer, Barbara - 9/15/2009
Sen Cantwell, Maria - 1/28/2010
Sen Harkin, Tom - 1/29/2010
Sen Kerry, John F. - 2/1/2010
Sen Bayh, Evan - 3/2/2010
Sen Shaheen, Jeanne - 3/16/2010
Sen Leahy, Patrick J. - 4/12/2010
Sen Menendez, Robert - 4/12/2010
Sen Kaufman, Edward E. - 4/14/2010
Sen Cardin, Benjamin L. - 4/15/2010
Sen Carper, Thomas R. - 4/15/2010
Sen Klobuchar, Amy - 4/15/2010
Sen Casey, Robert P., Jr. - 5/6/2010
Sen Franken, Al - 5/20/2010
Sen Sanders, Bernard - 5/26/2010
Sen Tester, Jon - 5/26/2010

S.752
Title: Fair Elections Now Act
Sponsor: Sen Durbin, Richard (introduced 3/31/2009) Cosponsors (21)
Related Bills: H.R.1826
Latest Major Action: 3/31/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
COSPONSORS(21), BY DATE : (Sort: alphabetical order)

Sen Specter, Arlen - 3/31/2009
Sen Dodd, Christopher J. - 5/14/2009
Sen Gillibrand, Kirsten E. - 5/18/2009
Sen Feingold, Russell D. - 7/9/2009
Sen Boxer, Barbara - 9/15/2009
Sen Cantwell, Maria - 1/28/2010
Sen Harkin, Tom - 1/29/2010
Sen Kerry, John F. - 2/1/2010
Sen Bayh, Evan - 3/2/2010
Sen Shaheen, Jeanne - 3/16/2010
Sen Leahy, Patrick J. - 4/12/2010
Sen Menendez, Robert - 4/12/2010
Sen Kaufman, Edward E. - 4/14/2010
Sen Cardin, Benjamin L. - 4/15/2010
Sen Carper, Thomas R. - 4/15/2010
Sen Klobuchar, Amy - 4/15/2010
Sen Casey, Robert P., Jr. - 5/6/2010
Sen Franken, Al - 5/20/2010
Sen Sanders, Bernard - 5/26/2010
Sen Tester, Jon - 5/26/2010
Sen Merkley, Jeff - 6/15/2010