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<item congress="114" measure-type="hr" measure-number="1495" measure-id="id114hr1495" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2015-03-19" update-date="2015-04-23">
<title>Restoring Confidence Through Smarter Campaigns Act</title>
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<action-date>2015-03-19</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Restoring Confidence Through Smarter Campaigns Act </b></p> <p> Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to limit expenditures by candidates for the House of Representatives to $500,000 during the election cycle ($250,000 for a primary election and $250,000 for a general election). Sets at $250,000 the maximum amount of expenditures which may be made for a runoff election ($125,000 for a primary runoff election and $125,000 for a general runoff election). Excludes from such limits expenditures for legal services. Provides for indexing such amounts for inflation. </p>]]></summary-text>
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