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<item congress="113" measure-type="hjres" measure-number="12" measure-id="id113hjres12" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2013-01-04" update-date="2013-02-05">
<title>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.</title>
<summary summary-id="id113hjres12v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2013-02-05">
<action-date>2013-01-04</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Constitutional Amendment - Grants Congress the power to set limits on the amounts of contributions and expenditures with respect to candidates in a federal election.</p> <p>Grants states the power to set limits on the amounts of contributions and expenditures with respect to candidates in a state or local election.</p>]]></summary-text>
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