,,iia  ,calendar ,no4 #dga  #aacth      
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4 ,j4      
,,res4 #ai  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of    
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ah1     
#bjac ,mr4 ,udall of ,new ,mexico 7for  
himself1 ,mr4 ,bennet1 ,mr4 ,harkin1    
,mr4 ,schumer1 ,mrs4 ,shaheen1 ,mr4     
,whitehouse1 ,mr4 ,tester1 ,mrs4 ,boxer1
 ,mr4 ,coons1 ,mr4 ,king1 ,mr4 ,murphy1 
,mr4 ,wyden1 ,mr4 ,franken1 ,ms4        
,klobuchar1 ,mr4 ,udall of ,colorado1   
,mr4 ,johnson of ,south ,dakota1 ,mr4   
,menendez1 ,mr4 ,reed1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1
 ,mr4 ,heinrich1 ,mr4 ,merkley1 ,mrs4   
,feinstein1 ,mr4 ,begich1 ,mr4 ,cardin1 
,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 ,mrs4 ,hagan1 ,ms4   
,mikulski1 ,ms4 ,baldwin1 ,mr4 ,markey1 
,ms4 ,warren1 ,mr4 ,brown1 ,mr4 ,walsh1 
,mr4 ,durbin1 ,mr4 ,reid1 ,ms4 ,hirono1 
,mr4 ,carper1 ,mrs4 ,murray1 ,mr4       
,schatz1 ,mr4 ,sanders1 ,mr4            
,rockefeller1 ,ms4 ,stabenow1 ,mr4      
,booker1 ,ms4 ,heitkamp1 ,mr4 ,manchin1 
,mrs4 ,mc,caskill1 ,ms4 ,cantwell1 and  
,mr4 ,nelson7 introduced the following  

joint resolution2 which was read twice  
and referred to the ,committee on the   
,judiciary  ,july #ag1 #bjad ,reported  
by ,mr4 ,leahy1 with an amendment       
,strike out all after the resolving     
clause and insert the part printed in   
italic  ,,joint ,,resolution  ,proposing
 an amendment to the ,constitution of   
the ,united ,states relating to         
contributions and expenditures intended 
to affect elections4  ,that the         
following article is proposed as an     
amendment to the ,constitution of the   
,united ,states1 which shall be valid to
 all intents and purposes as part of the
 ,constitution when ratified by the     
legislatures of three-fourths of the    
several ,states3  --  #a4 ,to advance   
the fundamental principle of political  
equality for all1 and to protect the    
integrity of the legislative and        
electoral processes1 ,congress shall    
have power to regulate the raising and  
spending of money and in-kind           
equivalents with respect to ,federal    

elections1 including through setting    
limits on--  7#a7 the amount of         
contributions to candidates for         
nomination for election to1 or for      
election to1 ,federal office2 and  7#b7 
the amount of funds that may be spent   
by1 in support of1 or in opposition to  
such candidates4  #b4 ,to advance the   
fundamental principle of political      
equality for all1 and to protect the    
integrity of the legislative and        
electoral processes1 each ,state shall  
have power to regulate the raising and  
spending of money and in-kind           
equivalents with respect to ,state      
elections1 including through setting    
limits on--  7#a7 the amount of         
contributions to candidates for         
nomination for election to1 or for      
election to1 ,state office2 and  7#b7   
the amount of funds that may be spent   
by1 in support of1 or in opposition to  
such candidates4  #c4 ,nothing in this  
article shall be construed to grant     
,congress the power to abridge the      

freedom of the press4  #d4 ,congress and
 the ,states shall have power to        
implement and enforce this article by   
appropriate legislation4  4  ,that the  
following article is proposed as an     
amendment to the ,constitution of the   
,united ,states1 which shall be valid to
 all intents and purposes as part of the
 ,constitution when ratified by the     
legislatures of three-fourths of the    
several ,states3  --  #a4 ,to advance   
democratic self-government and political
 equality1 and to protect the integrity 
of government and the electoral process1
 ,congress and the ,states may regulate 
and set reasonable limits on the raising
 and spending of money by candidates and
 others to influence elections4  #b4    
,congress and the ,states shall have    
power to implement and enforce this     
article by appropriate legislation1 and 
may distinguish between natural persons 
and corporations or other artificial    
entities created by law1 including by   
prohibiting such entities from spending 

money to influence elections4  #c4      
,nothing in this article shall be       
construed to grant ,congress or the     
,states the power to abridge the freedom
 of the press4  4  ,july #ag1 #bjad     
,reported with an amendment