Public Campaign

Washington, D.C.—National campaign finance organization Public Campaign applauded the introduction today of three measures in Congress aimed at raising the voices of everyday people in the political process. Congressmen John Yarmuth (D-Ky.), John Sarbanes (D-Md.), and David Price (D-N.C.) each introduced public financing legislation aimed at empowering small donors.

With a conference committee set to convene on HB 1481, legislation to upgrade the state’s publicly financed elections program, new polling shows broad support for small donor public financing across the state.

Payday lenders and their lobbyists have given more than $1.6 million on campaign contributions to Missouri lawmakers over the past decade, successfully maintaining a sky-high 1,500 percent interest rate on loans that traps consumers in a cycle of debt.