[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 18, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1213-S1214]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4466. Mr. SANDERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1383, to establish the Veterans Advisory 
Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. SENSE OF THE SENATE.

       It is the sense of the Senate that Congress should adopt a 
     constitutional amendment outlawing Citizens United that 
     would--
       (1) affirm that the right to vote in public elections 
     belongs only to natural persons as citizens of the United 
     States, and so shall the ability to make contributions and 
     expenditures to influence the outcome of public elections 
     belong only to natural persons;
       (2) clarify that nothing in the Constitution shall be 
     construed to restrict the power of Congress and the States to 
     protect the integrity and fairness of the electoral process, 
     limit the corrupting influence of private wealth in public 
     elections, and guarantee the

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     dependence of elected officials on the people alone by taking 
     actions which may include the establishment of systems of 
     public financing for elections, the imposition of 
     requirements to ensure the disclosure of contributions and 
     expenditures made to influence the outcome of a public 
     election by candidates, individuals, and associations of 
     individuals, and the imposition of content neutral 
     limitations on all such contributions and expenditures; and
       (3) clarify that nothing in the amendment shall be 
     construed to alter the freedom of the press.
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