Pennsylvania Members of Congress and Publicly Funded Elections

WHAT HAVE YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM PENNSYLVANIA SAID AND DONE REGARDING PUBLICLY FUNDED ELECTIONS ?

A majority of Pennsylvania's current members of Congress (13 of 21) have indicated their support for publicly funded elections either by signing the "The Voters First Pledge", or by their public statements or by sponsoring (co-sponsoring) public funding bills in the last Congress or by indicating support for public funding on the 2006 "Political Courage Test"from Project Vote Smart.

In 2006 and 2008 three national watchdog groups (Common Cause, Public Campaign Action Fund, and Public Citizen) contacted candidates for Congress in the general election and asked them to show their support for comprehensive campaign finance reform by signing "The Voters First Pledge". The Pledge calls on Congress to put the voters first by supporting a system of public funding of elections known as "Clean Elections" or "Fair Elections".

This is the "Voters First" Pledge:

"If elected, I pledge to make elections fair by supporting legislation to create a
system of public financing for qualified candidates who agree to strict spending
limits and to take only small donations."

Signed: YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ???

PUBLIC FUNDING BILLS IN 110TH CONGRESS (2007-2008)

In the just completed Congress Senator Arlen Specter, along with Senator Richard Durbin, introduced the Fair Elections Now Act (S. 1285) providing for publicly funded election campaigns for candidates running for the United States Senate. Senator Obama, now President Obama, was a co-sponsor ("Top 8 Obama Quotes on Public Funding").

In the U.S. House of Representatives, Pennsylvania Representatives Chaka Fattah, Joe Sestak, and Todd Platts were co-sponsors of the Clean Money, Clean Elections Act (H.R. 1614) providing for publicly funded campaigns for candidates for the United States House of Representatives.

MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM PENNSYLVANIA AND PUBLICLY FUNDED ELECTIONS

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*United States Senator*	Arlen Specter	Senator Specter and Senator Richard Durbin of Illinois introduced the "Fair Elections Now Act" in 2007, providing for publicly funded election campaigns for candidates running for the United States Senate.
*United States Senator*	*Robert Casey, Jr.*	Did not sign the Voters First Pledge
*Member of Congress, 1st District*	Robert Brady	Did not respond to Voters First Pledge but has indicated support for publicly funded elections [PROJECT VOTE SMART, POLITICAL COURAGE TEST, 2006].
*Member of Congress, 2st District*	Chaka Fattah	Congressman Fattah signed the Voters First Pledge in 2006 and 2008 and he was a co-sponsor of the "Clean Money, Clean Elections Act of 2007", providing for publicly funded campaigns for candidates for the United States House of Representatives.
*Member of Congress, 3rd District*	Kathy Dahlkemper	Newly elected. Signed the Voters First Pledge
*Member of Congress, 4th District*	*Jason Altmire*	"I strongly support establishing voluntary, publicly funded elections, Clean Elections, for elections to Congress."- Jason Altmire, April 2006 response to Clean Elections PA questionnaire. Signed the Voters First Pledge in 2006 and 2008!
*Member of Congress, 5th District*	Glenn Thompson	Did not sign the Voters First Pledge!
*Member of Congress, 6th District*	*Jim Gerlach*	Did not sign the Voters First Pledge!
*Member of Congress, 7th District*	*Joe Sestak*	Congressman Sestak was a co-sponsor of the "Clean Money, Clean Elections Act of 2007", providing for publicly funded campaigns for candidates for the United States House of Representatives. Signed the Voters First Pledge in 2006 and 2008!
*Member of Congress, 8th District*	*Patrick Murphy*	Signed the Voters First Pledge in 2006 and 2008!
*Member of Congress, 9th District*	*Bill Shuster*	Did not sign the Voters First Pledge!
*Member of Congress, 10th District*	*Chris Carney*	Did not respond to Voter First Pledge in 2006 or 2008. Has indicated support for publicly funded elections [PROJECT VOTE SMART, POLITICAL COURAGE TEST, 2006].
*Member of Congress, 11th District*	*Paul Kanjorski*	Did not respond to Voter First Pledge in 2006 or 2008. Has indicated support for publicly funded elections [PROJECT VOTE SMART, POLITICAL COURAGE TEST, 2006].
*Member of Congress, 12th District*	*John Murtha*	Did not sign the Voters First Pledge!
*Member of Congress, 13th District*	*Allyson Schwartz*	Signed the Voters First Pledge in 2006 and 2008!
*Member of Congress, 14th District*	*Mike Doyle*	Did not respond to Voters First Pledge but has indicated support for publicly funded elections. [LINK],[LINK], [PROJECT VOTE SMART, POLITICAL COURAGE TEST, 2006].
*Member of Congress, 15th District*	*Charles W. Dent*	Did not sign the Voters First Pledge!
*Member of Congress, 16th District*	*Joseph Pitts*	Did not sign the Voters First Pledge!
*Member of Congress, 17th District*	*Tim Holden*	Signed the Voters First Pledge in 2006 and 2008!
*Member of Congress, 18th District*	*Tim Murphy*	Did not sign the Voters First Pledge!
*Member of Congress, 19th District*	*Todd Platts*	Congressman Platts signed the Voters First Pledge in 2006 and 2008. He was a co-sponsor of the "Clean Money, Clean Elections Act of 2007", providing for publicly funded campaigns for candidates for the United States House of Representatives.