Latest action: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 651.
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Bryan Steil (R-WI)
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Requires campaigns to disclose more information about who funds political advertisements and donations.
The problem
Voters struggle to know who funds political campaigns and ads. Hidden money in politics makes it hard to understand whose interests candidates represent.
The proposal
The bill increases reporting requirements for campaign donations and political spending. It requires disclosure of funding sources for campaign advertisements.
The impact
Voters gain transparency about campaign funding. Campaigns and donors must follow stricter reporting rules. Political advertisers face new disclosure requirements.
Citizens can see who funds campaigns and political ads. This helps voters understand potential conflicts of interest and make informed choices about candidates.
Requires disclosure of donation sources that currently stay secret. Makes it harder for wealthy donors to secretly influence elections without public knowledge.
Transparency allows voters to evaluate candidates fairly based on full information. Helps restore public trust in elections when funding sources are disclosed.
Smaller candidates can compete better when funding sources are public. Dark money advantages disappear when all donations must be reported equally.
Campaigns spend time and money on complex reporting requirements. Small campaigns and candidates may struggle more than well-funded ones with compliance costs.
Some argue mandatory disclosure limits free speech and association rights. Critics say donors should have privacy protection from potential retaliation.
New disclosure rules require defining what counts as political activity and funding. Regulators and campaigns may disagree on rule interpretation and enforcement.
Sophisticated donors could find new ways to hide funding through complex structures. Disclosure rules alone don't prevent wealthy interests from wielding influence indirectly.
Generated by AI from the bill text. Not a prediction and not legal or policy advice. The percentage is the model's own rating of each item — self-reported, and not a measure of how accurate it is.
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Where their individual donors work · 2026 cycle
Money from people who work there, not from the company. Not tied to this bill.
Itemized individual contributions via FEC, grouped by the employer each contributor self-reported. Companies and unions cannot contribute to federal candidates from their treasuries, so these totals are money from people who work at an employer — never from the organization itself. They are campaign contributions covering a full election cycle and are not connected to this bill.
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