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But during legislative recess, that reform was quietly removed and replaced with language that dramatically increased the donor limits and fundraising capacity of Democratic and Republican caucus leaders.\r\n\r\nAs currently written, AB 84 would allow caucus leaders to accept individual campaign contributions of up to $36,000 per source for races they are targeting, an eight-fold increase<\/strong> from the current $4,400 limit.\r\n\r\nCommon Cause California has not issued an official position on AB 84, which was quietly introduced over the July 4th<\/sup> holiday and has not gone through the typical review process. Last week we joined several open government groups in urging the FCCP to take more time to review the proposal.\r\n\r\nLet us know what you think. <\/strong>Read the LA Times coverage<\/a> of the vote, check out the bill<\/a>, and tell us how we should weigh in next at california@commoncause.org<\/a>."}}]},"yoast_head":"\nNot so fast! 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