GOP Blocks Amendment To Eradicate The 1st Amendment
The lapdog media is reporting what just happened as a move by Republicans to
kill "campaign finance reform," but don't believe everything you read. The
legislation, put forward by hard-left Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) would have
granted Congress broad and sweeping power to determine what does and does not
constitute free speech.
(KRWG) Today, U.S. Senator Tom Udall led the Senate in rallying historic support for a constitutional amendment on campaign finance. The amendment, S.J. Res. 19, won 54 votes, a majority of the Senate, but failed to reach the 60 votes needed to overcome the Republican filibuster and advance to a final vote.
An
outspoken critic of the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens United and
McCutcheon decisions, Udall introduced his constitutional amendment last June to
make it clear in the Constitution that Congress and the states have the
authority to regulate campaign finance.
The amendment would effectively reverse the Court’s 1976 ruling in Buckley v. Valeo, which first equated money and speech, as well as subsequent decisions, including Citizens United and McCutcheon. Udall issued the following statement...
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(KRWG) Today, U.S. Senator Tom Udall led the Senate in rallying historic support for a constitutional amendment on campaign finance. The amendment, S.J. Res. 19, won 54 votes, a majority of the Senate, but failed to reach the 60 votes needed to overcome the Republican filibuster and advance to a final vote.
An
outspoken critic of the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens United and
McCutcheon decisions, Udall introduced his constitutional amendment last June to
make it clear in the Constitution that Congress and the states have the
authority to regulate campaign finance. The amendment would effectively reverse the Court’s 1976 ruling in Buckley v. Valeo, which first equated money and speech, as well as subsequent decisions, including Citizens United and McCutcheon. Udall issued the following statement...
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