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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Campaign Transparency Act</b></p> <p>This bill eliminates the contribution amount threshold for reporting the identity of a person who contributes to political committees for federal elections. Currently, a person who contributes $200 or less per calendar year (or election cycle for authorized candidate committees) does not have to be identified by the committee in certain required reports. </p>]]></text>
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