Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should confirm that money is not free speech and that corporations are not people for purposes of the First Amendment right to make campaign contributions by enacting a constitutional amendment overturning the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, and should restore the right of Congress and the States to impose limits on the amount of expenditures that may be made by candidates and others in support of elections for public office by enacting a constitutional amendment overturning the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Buckley v. Valeo.
Latest action · Jul 11, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Progress
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- IntroducedJun 7, 2017
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should enact and states should ratify constitutional amendments to overturn the Supreme Court's decisions in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and Buckley v. Valeo, which both concern spending in federal elections.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 11, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
- Jun 7, 2017Introduced in House
- Jun 7, 2017Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
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- Jun 7, 2017Introduced in House
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