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This resolution supports a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution that would allow greater regulation of election spending to protect political participation, free speech, and representative democracy. The resolution argues that recent Supreme Court decisions have equated election spending with free speech, which can potentially drown out the voices of ordinary citizens, narrow political debate, and increase the risk of systemic corruption. It calls on Congress to propose a constitutional amendment that would explicitly grant both state and federal governments the power to regulate money in elections, with the specific ability to distinguish between regulations for individual citizens and legal entities like corporations. The resolution seeks to restore what its authors view as a more balanced approach to political spending, emphasizing the rights of individual residents and the principle of meaningful political representation. Additionally, the resolution directs copies of itself to be sent to key congressional leadership, including the Majority and Minority Leaders of both the Senate and House of Representatives, as well as Pennsylvania's congressional delegation.

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