US Congress House Joint Resolution 13 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-02-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Constitutional Amendment - Declares that Congress shall have power to set limits on the amount of contributions that may be accepted by, and the amount of expenditures that may be made by, in support of, or in opposition to, a candidate for nomination or election to federal office. Declares that a state shall have the power to set limits on the amount of contributions that may be accepted by, and the amount of expenditures that may be made by, in support of, or in opposition to, a candidate for nomination or election to state or local office.

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to limitations on the amounts of contributions and expenditures that may be made in connection with campaigns for election to public office.

Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-02-09		Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
2009-01-08		Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-joint-resolution/13/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hjres13/BILLS-111hjres13ih.pdf