The current list of amendments that address #CitizensUnited for consideration: #Sanders / Deutch #Democracy Is For #People #Amendment SECTION I. Whereas the right to vote in public elections belongs only to natural persons as citizens of the #UnitedStates, so shall the ability to make contributions and expenditures to influence the outcomes of public #elections belong only to natural persons in accordance with this Article. SECTION II. Nothing in this Constitution shall be construed to restrict the power of Congress and the States to protect the integrity and fairness of the electoral process, limit the #corrupting #influence of private wealth in public elections, and guarantee the dependence of elected officials on the people alone by taking actions which may include the establishment of systems of public financing for elections, the imposition of requirements to ensure the disclosure of contributions and expenditures made to influence the outcome of a public election by candidates, individuals, and associations of individuals, and the imposition of content neutral limitations on all such contributions and #expenditures. SECTION III. Nothing in this Article shall be construed to alter the freedom of the press. SECTION IV. #Congress and the States shall have the power to enforce this Article through appropriate legislation. ------------------- OR --------------------- Constitutional Amendment for the Public Financing of Federal Elections Section 1. All elections for President and members of the United States #HouseofRepresentatives and the United States #Senate shall be publicly financed. No political contributions shall be permitted to any federal candidate, from any other source, including the candidate. No political expenditures shall be permitted in support of any federal candidate, or in opposition to any federal candidate, from any other source, including the candidate. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to abridge the freedom of the #press Section 2. The Congress shall, by statute, provide limitations on the amounts and timing of the expenditures of such public funds and provide criminal penalties for any violation of this section Section 3. The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation Section 4. This article shall be inoperative unless it is #ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several States, as provided in the Constitution ------------------- OR --------------------- #GetMoneyOut of Politics No person, corporation or business entity of any type, domestic or foreign, shall be allowed to contribute money, directly or indirectly, to any candidate for Federal office or to contribute money on behalf of or opposed to any type of campaign for Federal office. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, campaign contributions to candidates for Federal office shall not constitute speech of any kind as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution or any amendment to the U. S. Constitution. Congress shall set forth a federal holiday for the purposes of voting for candidates for Federal office. ------------------- OR --------------------- #WolfPAC Amendment Amendment Proposal Corporations are not people. They have none of the #Constitutional rights of human beings. #Corporations are not allowed to give money to any #politician, directly or indirectly. No politician can raise over $100 from any person or entity. All elections must be publicly financed. ------------------- OR --------------------- Rootstrikers No non-citizen shall contribute money, directly or indirectly, to any candidate for Federal office. United States citizens shall be free to contribute no more than the equivalent of $100 to any federal candidate during any election cycle. Notwithstanding the limits construed to be part of the First Amendment, Congress shall have the power to limit, but not ban, independent political expenditures, so long as such limits are content and viewpoint neutral. Congress shall set forth a federal holiday for the purposes of voting for candidates for Federal office. ------------------- OR --------------------- Human Rights Amendment Section 1 In all instances wherein the words “person,” persons,” and “people” appear in this constitution, such words shall be construed to define living human beings only. Section 2 “Money” is defined only as legal tender for the purpose of settling all debts, public and private. Congress shall make no law recognizing the free flow of money as an expression of speech of any kind, or as an expression of any of the rights enumerated in this constitution. Section 3 Congress shall have power to enforce this article and to regulate federal elections by appropriate legislation. ------------------- OR --------------------- The #Disclose Act To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit foreign influence in federal elections, to prohibit government contractors from making expenditures with respect to such elections, and to establish additional disclosure requirements with respect to spending in such elections. ------------------- OR --------------------- #Udall Amendment (this is the one I am personally leary of when solid options are available) SECTION 1. Congress shall have power to regulate the raising and spending of money and in kind equivalents with respect to Federal elections, including through setting limits on ‘‘(1) the amount of contributions to candidates for nomination for election to, or for election to, Federal office; and ‘‘(2) the amount of expenditures that may be made by, in support of, or in opposition to such candidates. ‘‘SECTION 2. A State shall have power to regulate the raising and spending of money and in kind equivalents with respect to State elections, including through setting limits on—‘‘(1) the amount of contributions to candidates for nomination for election to, or for election to, State office; and ‘‘(2) the amount of expenditures that may be made by, in support of, or in opposition to such candidates. ‘‘ SECTION 3. Congress shall have power to implement and enforce this article by appropriate legislation.’’ Lets sort these things out, articlev.org/
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