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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. J. RES. 43 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating |
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| 6 | 6 | | to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MARCH27, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mrs. S |
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| 10 | 10 | | HAHEEN(for herself, Mr. PADILLA, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. VANHOLLEN, |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. C |
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| 12 | 12 | | OONS, Mr. WARNOCK, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. SMITH, Mr. WYDEN, |
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| 13 | 13 | | Mr. M |
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| 14 | 14 | | ERKLEY, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. BENNET, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. |
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| 16 | 16 | | ING, Mr. KELLY, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. KIM, Ms. CORTEZMASTO, Mr. |
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| 18 | 18 | | CHUMER, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. WELCH, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. SANDERS, Mrs. |
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| 20 | 20 | | URRAY, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Ms. WARREN, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. |
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| 22 | 22 | | ALLEGO, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. REED, Mr. KAINE, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. SCHIFF, |
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| 23 | 23 | | Mr. F |
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| 24 | 24 | | ETTERMAN, Mr. PETERS, Mr. DURBIN, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. LUJA´N, |
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| 25 | 25 | | Mr. W |
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| 26 | 26 | | ARNER, and Mr. BOOKER) introduced the following joint resolution; |
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| 27 | 27 | | which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 28 | 28 | | JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 29 | 29 | | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United |
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| 30 | 30 | | States relating to contributions and expenditures in- |
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| 31 | 31 | | tended to affect elections. |
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| 32 | 32 | | Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 1 |
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| 33 | 33 | | of the United States of America in Congress assembled2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the fol-3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con-4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | stitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all 5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 6 |
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| 39 | 39 | | dmwilson on DSK7X7S144PROD with BILLS 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | •SJ 43 IS |
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| 41 | 41 | | ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several 1 |
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| 42 | 42 | | States: 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ‘‘A |
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| 44 | 44 | | RTICLE— 3 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘S |
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| 46 | 46 | | ECTION1. To advance democratic self-government 4 |
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| 47 | 47 | | and political equality, and to protect the integrity of gov-5 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ernment and the electoral process, Congress and the 6 |
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| 49 | 49 | | States may regulate and set reasonable limits on the rais-7 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ing and spending of money by candidates and others to 8 |
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| 51 | 51 | | influence elections. 9 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ‘‘S |
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| 53 | 53 | | ECTION2. Congress and the States shall have 10 |
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| 54 | 54 | | power to implement and enforce this article by appropriate 11 |
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| 55 | 55 | | legislation, and may distinguish between natural persons 12 |
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| 56 | 56 | | and corporations or other artificial entities created by law, 13 |
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| 57 | 57 | | including by prohibiting such entities from spending 14 |
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| 58 | 58 | | money to influence elections. 15 |
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| 59 | 59 | | ‘‘S |
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| 60 | 60 | | ECTION3. Nothing in this article shall be con-16 |
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| 61 | 61 | | strued to grant Congress or the States the power to 17 |
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| 62 | 62 | | abridge the freedom of the press.’’. 18 |
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