Political Accountability and Transparency Act

- Supported H.R. 2034 & S. 1683, the Restoring Integrity to America's Elections Act, to reduce the number of members of the Federal Election Commission from 6 to 5, to revise the method of selection and terms of service of members of the Commission, to distribute the powers of the Commission between the Chair and the remaining members. - Supported H.R. 2852, the Election Protection & Integrity Certification Act (EPIC), to require certain tax exempt organizations to certify that foreign funds will not be used to make any contribution or expenditure in connection with any election in the United States. - Supported H.R. 4077 and S. 1989, the Honest Ads Act, to enhance transparency and accountability for online political advertisements by requiring those who purchase and publish such ads to disclose information about the advertisements to the public. - Supported S.298, the Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act, requiring Senate candidate FEC reports to be filed electronically. - Supported H.R. 7267, the Political Accountability and Transparency Act to (1) make it clear that personal use restrictions apply to leadership PACs, (2) strengthening coordination rules between federal candidates and outside spending entities, and (3) disclosed the names of top donors to organizations paying for advertising that constitutes independent expenditures or electioneering communications, on the advertisement itself. - Supported changing House Rules to (1) create a bipartisan Select Committee tasked with improving the ability of Congress to fulfill its Constitutional duties and operate more effectively; (2) reinforce the role of Committees to review and craft legislation; (3) promote regular order for the consideration of bills on the floor; and (4) empower individual members to bring their full expertise and independent judgment to the legislative and oversight processes. - Supported H. Res. 1043, to prohibit lawmakers from serving on the boards of publicly traded and publicly regulated companies. - Supported prohibiting Congressional committee assignments from being based on political party dues. - Supported increasing disclosure of contributions to federal political committees. - Supported increasing disclosure of political spending on federal elections by 501(c) and corporate entities. - Supported increasing disclosure of political spending on federal elections that utilizes contributions transferred between multiple entities. - Supported increasing the scope of coverage of the Lobbying Disclosure Act. - Supported strengthening the Foreign Agents Registration Act to better disclose who is seeking to influence American policy on behalf of foreign entities. - Supported limiting lobbyist political contributions to and fundraising on behalf of the political committees of members of Congress that they, their coworkers, and their employer, lobby. - Supported strengthening federal political coordination rules for independent-expenditure only committees. - Supported creating a small-dollar-only contribution account for political parties that could be used for candidate-coordinated spending. - Supported rebates/tax credits for federal small-dollar political contributions. - Supported applying personal use restrictions to federal leadership PACs and political committees. - Supported limiting fundraising by members of Congress while the House is in session. - Supported strengthening the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. - Supported strengthening the Office of Congressional Ethics.