Introduce and support federal legislation to ban Super PACs and prohibit wealthy individuals and organizations from using Super PACs to influence federal elections.

Bernard Sanders · Vermont · Independent

policy impact 0.90 specificity 0.50 extraction confidence 90%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Evidence

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The Sanders Senate press release says Bernie Sanders and Rep. Summer Lee introduced the Abolish Super PACs Act, which would cap individual contributions to super PACs at $5,000 and was presented as legislation to ban super PACs from buying elections. Sanders said he was proud to support the bill.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Sanders publicly backed and announced introduction of federal anti-super-PAC legislation.

partial same_term A for effort

NEWS: Sanders, Lee to Introduce Bill to Abolish Super PACs, Stop Billionaires from Buying Candidates
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 96%

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The June 5 floor wrap-up reports that the Senate considered Sanders amendment #5451 in relation to S.2 and that the motion to waive the Budget Act failed 45-53.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Sanders' anti-super-PAC effort was brought to a vote but was blocked in the Senate.

partial same_term A for effort

Floor Feed | The Senate Democratic Caucus
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 90%

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During the June 9-July 8 lookback, the floor feed lists Senate business through June 24 and then pro forma sessions with no business until July 13. I found no listed follow-up action on Sanders' Super PAC legislation in that window.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): No new post-June-9 Senate action was found; the prior delivery evidence remains the controlling status.

unresolved same_term

Floor Feed | The Senate Democratic Caucus
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%

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Sanders' Senate office announced that Sanders and Rep. Summer Lee introduced the Abolish Super PACs Act. The release says the bill would cap individual contributions to super PACs at $5,000 and quotes Sanders calling it an important step that he was proud to support.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Sanders introduced and publicly supported federal legislation aimed at abolishing or sharply limiting Super PAC influence.

delivered same_term A for effort

NEWS: Sanders, Lee to Introduce Bill to Abolish Super PACs, Stop Billionaires from Buying Candidates
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 97%

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The bill text identifies Mr. Sanders as introducing the Abolish Super PACs Act in the Senate. It would amend the Federal Election Campaign Act to place contribution limits on independent expenditure committees, including Super PACs.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The legislative text confirms Sanders was the Senate sponsor and that the proposal directly targeted Super PAC contributions.

delivered same_term A for effort

Abolish Super PACs Act Bill Text
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

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The Senate considered Sanders Amendment No. 5451, described as placing reasonable limits on contributions to Super PACs making independent expenditures. The waiver motion was rejected 45-53, and Sanders voted yea.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Sanders pressed the Super PAC limit proposal to a Senate vote, but the effort was blocked.

partial same_term A for effort

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 148, 119th Congress, 2nd Session
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): delivered. same_term

The promise was to introduce and support federal legislation targeting Super PACs, not necessarily to enact a ban. Sanders introduced the Abolish Super PACs Act in the Senate, publicly supported it, and advanced a related Super PAC contribution-limit amendment to a Senate vote during his current federal term. The amendment failed, but that does not negate delivery of the narrower introduce-and-support commitment.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): delivered. same_term A for effort

Sanders introduced the Abolish Super PACs Act with Rep. Summer Lee and publicly supported it, which satisfies the promise to introduce and support federal legislation targeting Super PACs. The later Senate vote shows the bill was blocked, but the promise was about making the legislative push, not securing enactment.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 95%