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HJRES 86 112th Congress House

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures with respect to elections.

Introduced: November 17, 2011 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Constitution and constitutional amendmentsElections, voting, political campaign regulation
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Nov 21, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Nov 14, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov 14, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 21, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Constitutional Amendment - Grants Congress and the states the power to regulate the raising and spending of money and in kind equivalents with respect to federal and state elections, respectively.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HJRES 8 Related bill Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to limitations on the amounts of contributions…
  • SJRES 29 Identical bill A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expend…
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 6
D
Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Mar 5, 2012
 D
Luján, Ben Ray
New Mexico · Jan 18, 2012
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Dec 16, 2011
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Nov 17, 2011
 D
Heinrich, Martin
New Mexico · Nov 14, 2011
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Nov 14, 2011
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.J. Res. 86: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures with respect to elections.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HJRES-86/
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"H.J. Res. 86: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures with respect to elections.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HJRES-86/.
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H.J. Res. 86, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HJRES-86/.
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