[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H.J. Res. 61 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 61

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
     relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect 
                               elections.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 31, 2007

Mr. Higgins (for himself and Ms. Kaptur) introduced the following joint 
    resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
     relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect 
                               elections.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled   (two-thirds of each House 
concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be 
valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States 
within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. Congress shall have power to regulate the raising and 
spending of money, including through setting limits, for campaigns for 
nomination for election to, or for election to, Federal office.
    ``Section 2. A State shall have power to regulate the raising and 
spending of money, including through setting limits, for--
            ``(1) State or local ballot initiatives, referenda, 
        plebiscites, or other similar ballot measures; and
            ``(2) campaigns for nomination for election to, or for 
        election to, State or local office.
    ``Section 3. Congress shall have power to implement and enforce 
this article by appropriate legislation.''.
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