The ruling and opposition parties had originally agreed that elected representatives would be allowed to accept political contributions between election campaign periods, but the PFP later withdrew its support for this provision, thus derailing any chance for passage of the bill during the recently concluded legislative term.
此外，朝野政黨原本已達成「准許各級民代在非選舉期間收取政治獻金」的共識，但最後卻因親民黨反對民代平常也可收受政治獻金，導致該本案在本會期無法通過。