IA 111th CONGRESS 2d Session H. J. RES. 82 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 14, 2010 Mr. Hodes introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 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.

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:  —

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.

2.Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to abridge the freedom of the press.

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