US Congress House Joint Resolution 58 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: Introduced on June 24 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-07-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate contributions and expenditures in political campaigns and to enact public financing systems for such campaigns. Prohibits construction of the Constitution as forbidding Congress or the states from: (1) imposing reasonable content-neutral limitations on private campaign contributions or independent election expenditures; or (2) enacting systems of public campaign financing, including those designed to restrict the influence of private wealth by offsetting campaign spending or independent expenditures with increased public funding.

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate contributions and expenditures in political campaigns and to enact public financing systems for such campaigns.

Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]
Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-07-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
2015-06-24	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2015-06-24	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-joint-resolution/58/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hjres58/BILLS-114hjres58ih.pdf