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HJRES 57 116th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Constitution and constitutional amendments Elections, voting, political campaign regulation First Amendment rights Political advertising

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…

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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.

Introduced: May 8, 2019 Introduced by: Schiff, Adam B. Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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May 31, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
May 8, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
May 8, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Constitutional Amendment

This joint resolution prohibits construction of the Constitution as forbidding Congress or the states from (1) imposing reasonable content-neutral limitations on private campaign contributions or independent election 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.

What's happening now May 31, 2019

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

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 10
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Huffman, Jared
California · Aug 16, 2019
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jun 13, 2019
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Jun 3, 2019
 D
Takano, Mark
California · May 9, 2019
 D
Carbajal, Salud O.
California · May 8, 2019
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · May 8, 2019
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · May 8, 2019
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 8, 2019
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · May 8, 2019
SERRANO, JOSE
· May 8, 2019
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · May 8, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.J. Res. 57: 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.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HJRES-57/
MLA
"H.J. Res. 57: 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.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HJRES-57/.
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H.J. Res. 57, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HJRES-57/.
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[H.J. Res. 57: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HJRES-57/)
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