,,iia  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,j4 ,,res4 #e  ,,in ,,the ,,senate  
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january  
#bh1 #bjac ,mr4 ,baucus 7for himself and
 ,mr4 ,tester7 introduced the following 
joint resolution2 which was read twice  
and referred to the ,committee on the   
,judiciary  ,,joint ,,resolution        
,proposing an amendment to the          
,constitution of the ,united ,states    
relative to authorizing regulation of   
contributions to candidates for ,state  
public office and ,federal office by    
corporations1 entities organized and    
operated for profit1 and labor          
organizations1 and expenditures by such 
entities and labor organizations in     
support of1 or opposition to such       
candidates4  ,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 ,states    

within seven years after the date of its
 submission by the ,congress3   --  #a4 
,congress shall have the power to       
regulate the contribution of funds by   
corporations1 entities organized and    
operated for profit1 and labor          
organizations to a candidate for        
election to1 or for nomination for      
election to1 a ,federal office1 and the 
power to regulate the expenditure of    
funds by corporations1 entities         
organized and operated for profit1 and  
labor organizations made in support of1 
or opposition to1 such candidates4  #b4 
,a ,state shall have the power to       
regulate the contribution of funds by   
corporations1 entities organized and    
operated for profit1 and labor          
organizations to a candidate for        
election to1 or for nomination for      
election to1 public office in the       
,state1 and the power to regulate the   
expenditure of funds by corporations1   
entities organized and operated for     
profit1 and labor organizations made in 

support of1 or opposition to1 such      
candidates4  #c4 ,nothing contained in  
this ,amendment shall be construed to   
allow ,congress or a ,state to make any 
law abridging the freedom of the press4 
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