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This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment focused on regulating campaign finance and election spending. The amendment would empower Congress and state legislatures to establish reasonable limits on the amount of money raised and spent by candidates and other entities to influence elections, with the explicit goals of advancing democratic self-governance, ensuring political equality, and protecting the integrity of the electoral process. Specifically, the resolution would give lawmakers the authority to distinguish between natural persons and corporations or other artificial legal entities, potentially allowing them to prohibit corporations from spending money to influence election outcomes. The amendment includes an important safeguard protecting freedom of the press, explicitly stating that nothing in the amendment should be interpreted as granting Congress or states the power to restrict press freedoms. To become part of the Constitution, the amendment would require ratification by three-fourths of state legislatures, which is consistent with the typical constitutional amendment process outlined in Article V of the U.S. Constitution.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/43/all-info