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HR 3311 · in committee · significant

Eliminating Leftover Expenses for Campaigns from Taxpayers (ELECT) Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • This bill eliminates the Presidential Election Campaign Fund and the taxpayer option to donate $3 to presidential campaign financing.
  • This affects voters who currently check the campaign finance box on federal tax forms and presidential candidates who receive public funding.
  • Remaining fund balances will be transferred to the Treasury to reduce the federal deficit.

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Community Threads

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  1. 01

    How might eliminating public presidential campaign funding change which candidates can afford to run competitive campaigns?

  2. 02

    What trade-offs exist between reducing the federal deficit through this fund transfer and maintaining public financing options for candidates?

  3. 03

    Which groups of voters or candidates would be most affected by ending the $3 tax form donation option for campaign financing?

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Sponsor · R-FL-17

W. Gregory Steube

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Introduced 2025-05-08

Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-05-08 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

  2. 2025-05-08 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  3. 2025-05-08 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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