To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for two years the credit for residential energy efficient property.

Supported the Government by the People Act (H.R. 20), providing for a voluntary system of financing Congressional elections using a mix of small private donations and federal funds and establishing a refundable tax credit to encourage grassroots campaign donations. Supported the Empowering Citizens Act (H.R. 270), providing for a repair of the presidential public financing system, creating a similar public financing system for Congressional races, strengthening rules prohibiting coordinated spending by outside groups and ending individual candidate-specific independent-expenditure only committees (individual candidate-specific "Super PACs"). Supported the Voting Rights Amendment Act (H.R. 3899, S. 1945)to strengthen and amend the Voting Rights Act in the wake of the Supreme Court's opinion in Shelby County v. Holder. Supported the Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2013 (H.R. 2902, S. 1424) to require the Supreme Court to promulgate a Code of Ethics for the Justices of the Supreme Court that should include the 5 canons of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges adopted by the Judicial Conference of the United States, with an amendments or modifications that the Supreme Court determines appropriate. Supported S.J.Res. 19 and H.J.Res. 119, a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution permitting Congress and the states to set reasonable limits on the raising and spending of money to influence elections. Supported up-or-down Senate confirmation votes on nominations to the Election Assistance Commission and remaining executive branch nominations. Supported the DISCLOSE Act (S. 2516, H.R. 148) to require disclosure of funds used by corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities influencing elections with independent expenditures and electioneering communications. Supported amending the rules of the United States Senate, specifically those that allow routine supermajority voting to invoke cloture. Supported the ETHICS Act (H.R. 5095) to require Members of the House of Representatives to undergo House Ethics Rules training. Opposed the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (H.R. 83) because of a provision that would vastly increase the amount of money any one donor could contribute to political parties to a figure more than $1.5 million in one campaign cycle, up from $259,000. Urged amendments to the Freedom of Information Act to improve transparency, including codifying the presumption of disclosure and add a public interest balancing test. Urged the House to strengthen the authority of the Office of Congressional Ethics, including granting it subpoena power and keeping it fully funded in the upcoming 114th Congress. Urged the Senate to establish an independent ethics enforcement office and improve the ethics process. Urged the White House to back strong campaign finance disclosure policies and publicly support campaign finance reform in the upcoming fifth anniversary of Citizens United.