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HJRES 38 114th Congress House Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Constitution and constitutional amendments Corporate finance and management Elections, voting, political campaign regulation First Amendment rights Political advertising State and local government operations

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States waiving the application of the first article of amendment to the political speech of corporations and other business organizations with respect to the disbursement of funds in connection with public elections and granting Congress and the States the power to establish limits on contributions and expenditures in elections for public office.

Introduced: March 17, 2015 Introduced by: Kaptur, Marcy Democratic · Ohio See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Mar 31, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Mar 17, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 17, 2015
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Constitutional Amendment

States that the First Amendment to the Constitution does not apply to the political speech of any corporation, partnership, business trust, association, or other business organization with respect to the making of contributions, expenditures, or other disbursements of funds in connection with public elections.

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

Grants states 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 March 31, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

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