119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Mar 27, 2025
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections.
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Latest action (Mar 27, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Mar 27, 2025)
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing Congress and the states to set reasonable limits on the raising and spending of money by candidates and others to influence elections.
The amendment grants Congress and the states the power to implement and enforce this amendment by legislation. They are allowed to distinguish between natural persons and corporations or other artificial entities created by law, including by prohibiting such entities from spending money to influence elections.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
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3 citations.
PUBLIC CITIZEN · lobbying firm or registrant: PUBLIC CITIZEN
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Constitution
$99,800
Spent on own lobbying
Democracy for All Amendment (SJRes43)
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY · lobbying firm or registrant: PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 21, 2025 · issue area: Constitution
$40,000
Spent on own lobbying
Constitutional amendments addressing Citizens United v. FEC and McCutcheon v. FEC, and related cases, especially 119th S.J.Res. 43
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY · lobbying firm or registrant: PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 21, 2025 · issue area: Government Issues
$40,000
Spent on own lobbying
…osecutions and Executive Retaliation Act Constitutional amendments addressing Citizens United v. FEC and McCutcheon v. FEC, and related cases, especially 119th S.J.Res. 43 Judicial and executive nominations and procedures Supreme Court term limits, especially 118th H.R. 5566 and 118th S. 3096 and their 119th reintroduction
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing