[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 82 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. J. RES. 82

  Proposing the ``Doris `Granny D' Haddock Amendment of 2010'' to the 
 Constitution of the United States regarding the authority of Congress 
and the States to regulate the spending and activities of corporations 
   with regard to political campaigns and campaigns for election for 
                             public office.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 14, 2010

Mr. Hodes introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
  Proposing the ``Doris `Granny D' Haddock Amendment of 2010'' to the 
 Constitution of the United States regarding the authority of Congress 
and the States to regulate the spending and activities of corporations 
   with regard to political campaigns and campaigns for election for 
                             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, which may be cited as 
the ``Doris `Granny D' Haddock Amendment of 2010'', 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. The sovereign right of the people to govern and hold 
free elections being essential to a free democracy, this constitution 
shall not be construed to limit the authority of Congress or the States 
to regulate, with regard to the impact on any political campaign or 
campaign for election for public office, the spending and activities of 
any corporation, limited liability partnership, business trust, or 
other corporate entity created by State or Federal law or the law of 
another nation.
    ``Section 2. Nothing contained in this article shall be construed 
to abridge the freedom of the press.''.
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