Assistant Senate Majority Leader Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) have introduced the Fair Elections Now Act that would bring Clean Elections to the U.S. Senate. Though we know we have a hard fight ahead of us to win full public financing for congressional races, the fact that Sen. Durbin has pledged to lead this fight in the Senate represents a significant milestone in the history of Clean Elections.

Reps. John Tierney (D-MA), Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), and Todd Platts (R-PA) will introduce similar legislation in the House that will cover those races.

More information about the legislation is available here.