[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 13 Introduced in House (IH)]







111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 13

    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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 8, 2009

Ms. Kaptur (for herself and Mr. Higgins) 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 limitations on the amounts of contributions and 
expenditures that may be made in connection with campaigns for election 
                           to public office.

    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 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 for election to, or for election to, Federal 
office.
    ``Section 2. A State 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 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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