US Supreme Court lifts campaign spending restrictions ahead of midterms
US Supreme Court lifts campaign spending restrictions ahead of midterms (france24); Supreme Court strikes down coordinated campaign spending limits (cbsnews) (sources: france24, cbsnews, washingtonpost, foxnews, npr)
US Supreme Court lifts campaign spending restrictions ahead of midterms (france24); Supreme Court strikes down coordinated campaign spending limits (cbsnews)
- US Supreme Court lifts campaign spending restrictions ahead of midterms (france24)
- Supreme Court strikes down coordinated campaign spending limits (cbsnews)
↓ Congress can act on this
5 bills on this issue are moving right now — and the most active one is HJRES122: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections and to enact public financing systems for political campaigns..
HJRES122 · 119th Congress
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections and to enact public financing systems for political campaigns.
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What HJRES122 actually does
This story is about US Supreme Court lifts campaign spending restrictions ahead of midterms. This bill would explicitly let Congress and the states regulate election-related contributions and expenditures.
If passed, it would:
- explicitly let Congress and the states regulate election-related contributions and expenditures • authorize public financing systems designed to offset private money in campaigns.
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This story is about US Supreme Court lifts campaign spending restrictions ahead of midterms. This bill would treat spending as coordinated when it is materially consistent with a candidate’s or party’s guidance.
If passed, it would
- treat spending as coordinated when it is materially consistent with a candidate’s or party’s guidance • make it harder to route effectively candidate-directed spending through nominally outside actors.
This story is about US Supreme Court lifts campaign spending restrictions ahead of midterms. This bill would eliminate thresholds for reporting the identities of people contributing to political committees.
If passed, it would
- eliminate thresholds for reporting the identities of people contributing to political committees • make more of the funding behind federal election spending visible to regulators and the public.
This story is about US Supreme Court lifts campaign spending restrictions ahead of midterms. This bill would repeal an IRS funding restriction that blocks efforts to increase transparency around certain nonprofits’ political.
If passed, it would
- repeal an IRS funding restriction that blocks efforts to increase transparency around certain nonprofits’ political • make some “dark money” spending more visible even if spending caps are harder to sustain.
This story is about US Supreme Court lifts campaign spending restrictions ahead of midterms. This bill would constitutionally set federal campaign contribution and spending limits and prohibit corporate spending in federal elections.
If passed, it would
- constitutionally set federal campaign contribution and spending limits and prohibit corporate spending in federal • require Congress to create a public financing system for qualifying federal candidates.
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