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HJRES 13 111th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Constitution and constitutional amendments Elections, voting, political campaign regulation State and local government operations

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to limitations on the amounts of contributions and expenditures that may be made in connection with campaigns for election to public office.

Introduced: January 8, 2009 Introduced by: Kaptur, Marcy Democratic · Ohio See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 9, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Jan 8, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 8, 2009
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Constitutional Amendment - Declares that Congress shall have power to set limits on the amount of contributions that may be accepted by, and the amount of expenditures that may be made by, in support of, or in opposition to, a candidate for nomination or election to federal office.

Declares that a state shall have the power to set limits on the amount of contributions that may be accepted by, and the amount of expenditures that may be made by, in support of, or in opposition to, a candidate for nomination or election to state or local office.

What's happening now February 9, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

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