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HJRES 8 112th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Congressional elections Constitution and constitutional amendments Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Political advertising

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 5, 2011 Introduced by: Kaptur, Marcy Democratic · Ohio See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 24, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Jan 7, 2011
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H125)
Jan 5, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 5, 2011
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Constitutional Amendment - Grants Congress the power to set limits on the amounts of contributions and expenditures with respect to candidates in a federal election.

Grants a state the power to set limits on the amounts of contributions and expenditures with respect to candidates in a state or local election.

What's happening now January 24, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1