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Swiss Billionaire’s $200M Dark-Money Donation To Dems Sparks GOP Legislative Response

FILE - A vote here sign is seen outside a polling place during the South Carolina primary, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, in Columbia, S.C. Months after the Democratic Party approved President Joe Biden's plan to overhaul its primary order to better reflect a deeply diverse voter base, implementing the revamped order has proven anything but simple. Party officials now expect the process to continue through the end of the year — even as the 2024 presidential race heats up all around it. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Senate Republicans have introduced a bill banning foreign funding of election activity after a Swiss billionaire gave more than $200 million to a liberal dark money group that funds various ballot measure campaigns.

Six Republican senators have introduced a bill banning direct and indirect funding by foreign nationals of election administration and ballot measure campaigns, following donations to such issues by Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss, a left-wing donor who lives in Wyoming.

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