US HJR111 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress
Status
June 28 2012 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits construction of the Constitution as forbidding Congress or the states from: (1) imposing content-neutral limitations on private campaign contributions or independent political campaign expenditures; or (2) enacting systems of public campaign financing, including those designed to restrict the influence of private wealth by offsetting campaign spending or independent expenditures with increased public funding.
Title
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate contributions and expenditures in political campaigns and to enact public financing systems for such campaigns.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-06-28 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. |
| 2012-06-18 | House | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
Subjects
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government operations and politics
Political advertising
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government operations and politics
Political advertising
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HJ00111:@@@L&summ2=m& |
| Text | http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hjres111ih/pdf/BILLS-112hjres111ih.pdf |
