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Senate looks at retooling campaign finance law

The State Senate has given initial approval to a bill that would remove the ability for Political Action Committees to give unlimited donations to candidates running for office.  The bill limits the spending of a PAC to $5,000 in statewide races and $2,500 in local races.  Individuals would be allowed to spend up to $2,500 dollars on a campaign. Supporters of the bill have complained that political action committees are used as a way to get a significant amount of money into a campaign.  Casper Senator Bill Landen says right now people contribute through PACS because it allows them to contribute more money.

“That it cleans up the activity of a pass through account and I think that is a problem in our statutes where an individual can contribute a huge amount of money to a PAC and it just simply becomes a conduit,” says Landen.

Senator John Hines adds that the legislation should offer more transparency, so that the public can more easily see who is contributing to a campaign and how much they are spending.  The bill will be debated two more times.

Bob Beck retired from Wyoming Public Media after serving as News Director of Wyoming Public Radio for 34 years. During his time as News Director WPR has won over 100 national, regional and state news awards.
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