,,ia  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,j4 ,,res4 #aac  ,,in ,,the ,,house 
,,of ,,representatives  ,july #bj1      
#bjag,mr4 ,schiff 7for himself1 ,ms4    
,mc,collum1 ,mr4 ,keating1 ,ms4 ,lee1   
,ms4 ,norton1 ,mrs4 ,davis of           
,california1 ,mrs4 ,napolitano1 ,mr4    
,gutirrez1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 ,ms4       
,slaughter1 ,mr4 ,garamendi1 ,mr4       
,welch1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,cohen1    
,mr4 ,lynch1 and ,mr4 ,bera7 submitted  
the following joint resolution2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on the   
,judiciary  ,,joint ,,resolution        
,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 campaigns4   
,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 for    
ratification3   --  ,nothing in this    
,constitution shall be construed to     
forbid ,congress or the ,states from    
imposing reasonable content-neutral     
limitations on private campaign         
contributions or independent election   
expenditures1 or from enacting systems  
of public campaign financing1 including 
those designed to restrict the influence
 of private wealth by offsetting        
campaign spending or independent        
expenditures with increased public      
funding4  4