Two campaign-finance bills fail to advance from Senate committee A committee rejected measures to relax campaign reporting deadlines and to allow an additional campaign depository account; members voiced transparency concerns and both measures failed to report.

Two crucial campaign finance bills aimed at easing reporting deadlines and allowing extra bank accounts have been rejected, sparking a heated debate over transparency in Virginia politics.

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Virginia committee advances ‘trigger’ campaign-finance bill tied to end of Citizens United A Virginia Senate committee reported SB 688, a 'trigger' bill that would impose contribution and expenditure limits only if Citizens United were overturned; members adopted a reenactment amendment that removes immediate expenditure caps and voted 8–7 to report the bill as amended.

Virginia's Senate committee just advanced a groundbreaking bill that could reshape campaign financing—if the controversial Citizens United decision is overturned!

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Committee advances substitute to set tiered contribution limits, require reporting and bar foreign-influenced corporate contributions SB 584, a substitute bill proposing tiered contribution caps and rules to limit foreign-influenced corporate political participation, was reported out of committee with debate over in-kind contributions, self-funding, and minors' contributions and a plan for real-time reporting of certain expenditures.

Virginia's Senate just advanced a crucial bill aimed at capping campaign contributions and banning foreign-influenced corporate donations—could this reshape the political landscape?

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