{"id":1402,"date":"2007-03-13T18:05:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-14T00:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/03\/senate-may-kill-bill-to-limit-campaign-contributions\/"},"modified":"2007-03-13T18:05:00","modified_gmt":"2007-03-14T00:05:00","slug":"senate-may-kill-bill-to-limit-campaign-contributions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/03\/senate-may-kill-bill-to-limit-campaign-contributions\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate may kill bill to limit campaign contributions"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The New Mexico Senate may be ready to defeat a bill that would places limits on campaign contributions to candidates for state offices. <\/p>\n

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A similar bill has been approved by the House, but the Senate just amended the bill so that, if it passed, it would take effect in the year 3007, effectively making it irrelevant. That may be a sign that it\u2019s about to be defeated.<\/p>\n

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Senate Bill 800<\/a>, sponsored by Sen. Dede Feldman<\/a>, D-Albuquerque, would create a number of new campaign finance reporting requirements for candidates and political action committees and would limit campaign contributions to $2,300 for state races during each election cycle. Primary and general elections are considered separate cycles under the proposal.<\/p>\n

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The amount would increase to keep pace with the federal contribution limit, which is currently $2,300 and rises slightly every year. The limits would apply to contributions to candidates and political actions committees under a separate amendment approved by the Senate this afternoon.<\/p>\n

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It previously only applied to contributions to candidates.<\/p>\n

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The amendment that changed the effective date of the Campaign Reporting Act, as it\u2019s called, was approved by the Senate on a vote of 19-17.<\/p>\n

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It was proposed by Sen. Leonard Lee Rawson<\/a>, R-Las Cruces.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019ll give us a little more time to get adjusted to the new rules,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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If the bill passes, the House could amend the effective date to make the bill relevant, then send it back to the Senate for concurrence. And the bill is similar to House Bill 821<\/a>, sponsored by Rep. Mimi Stewart<\/a>, D-Albuquerque, which has passed the House and is currently awaiting a hearing in the Senate judiciary committee.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ll have an update soon.<\/p>\n

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Update, 6:25 p.m.<\/p>\n

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Feldman proposed another amendment to move the effective date back to Jan. 1, 2008.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think this is a serious public policy issue for New Mexico<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>,\u201d she said, adding that she wanted the bill, if it was to die, to die on the \u201cissues\u201d and not an amendment \u201cthat makes fun of the issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sen. Joe Carraro<\/a>, R-Albuquerque, originally voted to amend the effective date to 3007. He said he did that because the Senate has become too political, and Feldman has been part of that, and it needs to stop. He then announced he would change his vote, support Feldman\u2019s amendment and allow a serious bill to be voted on based on the merits.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe need ethics reform,\u201d Carraro said.<\/p>\n

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Update, 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

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The bill has been amended back, on a vote of 21-15, to make the effective date Jan. 1, 2008.<\/p>\n

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Update, 6:50 <\/span>p.m.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m leaving the Senate for awhile to cover the hearings on the housing authority reform bills in the House Business and Industry Committee, so I\u2019ll update this issue later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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