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HJRES 80 117th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Constitution and constitutional amendments Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

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: March 24, 2022 Introduced by: Schiff, Adam B. Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Mar 24, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 24, 2022
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment to prohibit the Constitution from being construed to forbid Congress or the states from (1) imposing reasonable viewpoint-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 November 1, 2022

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

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 44
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Aug 30, 2022
D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Jul 11, 2022
D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jun 14, 2022
Bowman, Jamaal
· May 31, 2022
D
Aguilar, Pete
California · May 16, 2022
D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · May 16, 2022
D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Mar 31, 2022
D
Crow, Jason
Colorado · Mar 29, 2022
D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Mar 28, 2022
D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Mar 24, 2022
D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Mar 24, 2022
D
Brownley, Julia
California · Mar 24, 2022
D
Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Mar 24, 2022
D
Carson, André
Indiana · Mar 24, 2022
D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Mar 24, 2022
COOPER, JAMES
· Mar 24, 2022
DEFAZIO, PETER
· Mar 24, 2022
D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Mar 24, 2022
D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Mar 24, 2022
D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Mar 24, 2022
D
Garamendi, John
California · Mar 24, 2022
D
Gomez, Jimmy
California · Mar 24, 2022
D
Himes, James A.
Connecticut · Mar 24, 2022
D
Huffman, Jared
California · Mar 24, 2022
Jones, Mondaire
· Mar 24, 2022
Kahele, Kaiali'i
· Mar 24, 2022
Lowenthal, Alan
· Mar 24, 2022
D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Mar 24, 2022
Malinowski, Tom
· Mar 24, 2022
D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Mar 24, 2022
D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 24, 2022
Napolitano, Grace
· Mar 24, 2022
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 24, 2022
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Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
New York · Mar 24, 2022
D
Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · Mar 24, 2022
PRICE, DAVID
· Mar 24, 2022
ROYBAL-ALLARD, LUCILLE
· Mar 24, 2022
Ruppersberger, C.
· Mar 24, 2022
RUSH, BOBBY
· Mar 24, 2022
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 24, 2022
D
Takano, Mark
California · Mar 24, 2022
D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Mar 24, 2022
D
Torres, Ritchie
New York · Mar 24, 2022
D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Mar 24, 2022
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.J. Res. 80: 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.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HJRES-80/
MLA
"H.J. Res. 80: 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.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HJRES-80/.
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H.J. Res. 80, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HJRES-80/.
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[H.J. Res. 80: 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/117-HJRES-80/)
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