Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Arlen Spector (R-PA) introduced the bi-partisan Fair Elections Now Act (S.1285) in 2007. This legislation would implement a voluntary system of public financing for Senate races modeled after current Clean Elections systems.

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