Amendment107th Congress
Amendment increases contribution limits for House candidates in response to personal expenditures by wealthy opponents.
- Amendment Number
- 422
- Description
- Amendment increases contribution limits for House candidates in response to personal expenditures by wealthy opponents.
- Purpose
- Amendment numbered 10 printed in the Congressions Record February 12, 2002 to triple hard money contribution limits and allow additional coordinated expenditures for House candidates facing wealthy self-financed opponents. The adjusted limits would be triggered when the wealthy opponent has spent more than $350,000 of personal wealth, taking into account as offsets both the personal wealth spent by the non-wealthy candidate and the accumulated campaign funds of both candidates.
- Congress
- 107
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- Feb 13, 2002
- Latest Action Text
- On agreeing to the Capito amendment (A008) Agreed to by voice vote.
- Latest Action Time
- 19:52:21
- Submitted Date
- Feb 13, 2002
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Aug 15, 2021