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Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, today spoke on the Senate Floor to urge passage of legislation that would require Senate campaign finance reports to be filed electronically. Senator Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) joined Senator Feinstein today in urging the...

Washington, DC – The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration today approved legislation to require that Senate campaign finance reports be filed electronically, U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Chairman of the Committee, announced. The bill was approved by voice vote. “This is a major stop forward in bringing the Senate...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Senate Rules Committee Ranking Member Bob Bennett (R-Utah) gave the following statement after he and Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) agreed to hold a hearing next month on his amendment to repeal the limit on coordinated expenditures between candidates and parties. Below is the full text of Bennett’s...

Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) Chairman of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, today announced plans to move up an oversight hearing on the Smithsonian Institution to April 11.  The hearing had earlier been scheduled for April 18, but in the wake of ongoing disclosures about management and spending...

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, today called for passage of legislation to require that Senate campaign finance reports be filed electronically. The following is the prepared text of Chairman Feinstein’s opening remarks for today’s Rules...

Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Robert Bennett (R-Utah), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, today announced plans to hold an oversight hearing on April 18, 2007, on the Smithsonian Institution. Date: Wednesday, April 18 Time: 10:00 a.m. Location: Committee on Rules and...

Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, today convened a hearing to evaluate the security of electronic voting systems used in federal elections and the ability to perform audits on these systems. The following is the prepared text of Chairman Feinstein?s opening...

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), today announced her support of legislation to outlaw voter deception and intimidation practices. Senator Feinstein serves as Chairman of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, which has oversight authority over election reform issues. Last year, roughly 14,000 Democratic...

Washington, DC – The U.S. Senate tonight approved a landmark ethics reform package, the strongest such legislation since the Watergate-era. The bill ((S.1 – The Legislative Transparency and Accountability Act) will next be the subject of a Conference Committee with the House, before being returned to each Chamber for final passage. The...

Washington, DC – The U.S. Senate today approved the amendment to the comprehensive ethics reform bill filed by U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and John Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) that seeks to bring accountability and transparency to classified earmarks. “This amendment provides the public with the assurance that the classified...