Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections.
Latest action · Sep 11, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 11, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing Congress and the states to set reasonable limits on the raising and spending of money by candidates and others to influence elections.
The amendment grants Congress and the states the power to implement and enforce this amendment by legislation. They are allowed to distinguish between natural persons and corporations or other artificial entities created by law, including by prohibiting such entities from spending money to influence elections.
Cosponsors 47
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 11, 2025 to Oct 29, 2026; 31 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VT | Becca Balint | Original | Sep 11, 2025 |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Original | Sep 11, 2025 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | Sep 11, 2025 |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Original | Sep 11, 2025 |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Original | Sep 11, 2025 |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Original | Sep 11, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Original | Sep 11, 2025 |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Original | Sep 11, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Sep 11, 2025 |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | Sep 11, 2025 |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Original | Sep 11, 2025 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Sep 11, 2025 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Sep 11, 2025 |
| D-ME | Jared F. Golden | Original | Sep 11, 2025 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | Sep 11, 2025 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Sep 11, 2025 |
| D-NY | Josh Riley | Original | Sep 11, 2025 |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Original | Sep 11, 2025 |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Original | Sep 11, 2025 |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Original | Sep 11, 2025 |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Original | Sep 11, 2025 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Sep 11, 2025 |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Original | Sep 11, 2025 |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Original | Sep 11, 2025 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Sep 11, 2025 |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Original | Sep 11, 2025 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Sep 11, 2025 |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Original | Sep 11, 2025 |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Original | Sep 11, 2025 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Sep 11, 2025 |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Original | Sep 11, 2025 |
| D-OH | Emilia Strong Sykes | Sep 18, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Sep 18, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Oct 6, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Haley M. Stevens | Oct 6, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Oct 6, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Kelly Morrison | Oct 6, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Oct 6, 2025 | |
| D-NM | Teresa Leger Fernandez | Oct 6, 2025 | |
| D-NY | John W. Mannion | Oct 28, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Marie Gluesenkamp Perez | Oct 28, 2025 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Mar 18, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Eric Sorensen | Apr 9, 2026 | |
| D-CA | George Whitesides | Jun 23, 2026 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Jul 21, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Hillary J. Scholten | Jul 21, 2026 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Oct 29, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Sep 11, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 11, 2025Introduced in House
- Sep 11, 2025Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Research
What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 149, September 11, 2025, page H4266.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this resolution or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF13270 | Coordinated Party Expenditures: Policy Background | Resource | Jul 16, 2026 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| SJRES 25 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections. | Cross-Congress related bill | Sep 20, 2021 |
| SJRES 43 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections. | Identical bill | Mar 27, 2025 |
| SJRES 45 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections. | Cross-Congress related bill | Sep 14, 2023 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 11, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
