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US Congress 113th Congress
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve to 4 in the House of Representatives and 2 in the Senate. [HJR-8]
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Constitutional Amendment - Limits Members of the House of Representatives to four terms and Members of the Senate to two terms.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 01/25/2013
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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of consecutive terms that a Member of Congress may serve. [HJR-48]
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Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits a person from serving more than two full consecutive terms as a Senator or six full consecutive terms as a Representative.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Marino
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 06/14/2013
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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States granting Congress the authority to enact laws limiting the number of terms that Representatives and Senators may serve. [HJR-45]
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Constitutional Amendment - Authorizes Congress by law to limit the number of terms that Representatives and Senators may serve.
Sponsored by: Rep. Beto O'Rourke
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 06/14/2013
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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to limiting the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve. [HJR-41]
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Constitutional Amendment - Limits Members of the House of Representatives to three terms and Members of the Senate to two terms.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Rice
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 04/30/2013
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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States limiting the number of times Senators and Representatives may be elected. [HJR-37]
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Constitutional Amendment - Limits Members of the House of Representatives to three terms and Members of the Senate to two terms.
Sponsored by: Rep. Reid Ribble
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 04/08/2013
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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit a law increasing the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives from taking effect until an election of Representatives has intervened, and to permit a law otherwise varying such compensation to take effect upon enactment. [HJR-33]
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Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits any law increasing the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives from taking effect until an election of Representatives has intervened. Repeals the twenty-seventh amendment to the Constitution.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Loebsack
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 04/08/2013
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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to regulate campaign contributions for Federal elections. [HJR-32]
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Constitutional Amendment - Gives Congress the power to prohibit, limit, and otherwise regulate the contribution of funds or donation of in-kind equivalents: (1) to candidates standing for election to a federal office in the United States, and (2) prohibit, limit, and otherwise regulate the expenditure of funds or donation of in-kind equivalents used to support or purchase media advertisements intended to influence the outcome of any such election. Gives each of the several states the power to prohibit, limit, and otherwise regulate the contribution
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kurt Schrader
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 04/08/2013
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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of years Representatives and Senators may serve. [HJR-30]
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Constitutional Amendment - Limits Members of the House of Representatives to nine terms and Members of the Senate to three terms.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Price
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 02/28/2013
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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of consecutive terms that a Member of Congress may serve. [HJR-23]
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Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits a person from serving more than two full consecutive terms as a Senator or six full consecutive terms as a Representative.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Duffy
Referred To The House Committee On The Judiciary. on 01/25/2013
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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of consecutive terms that a Member of Congress may serve. [HJR-22]
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Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits a person from serving more than two full consecutive terms as a Senator or six full consecutive terms as a Representative.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Harris
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 02/28/2013
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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States waiving the application of the first article of amendment to the political speech of corporations and other business organizations with respect to the disbursement of funds in connection with public elections and granting Congress and the States the power to establish limits on contributions and expenditures in elections for public office. [HJR-14]
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Constitutional Amendment - States that the First Amendment to the Constitution does not apply to the political speech of any corporation, partnership, business trust, association, or other business organization with respect to the making of contributions, expenditures, or other disbursements of funds in connection with public elections. Grants Congress the power to set limits on the amounts of contributions and expenditures with respect to candidates in a federal election. Grants states the power to set limits on the amounts of contributions and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Marcy Kaptur
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 01/25/2013
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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States waiving the application of the first article of amendment to the political speech of corporations and other business organizations with respect to the disbursement of funds in connection with public elections. [HJR-13]
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Constitutional Amendment - States that the First Amendment to the Constitution does not apply to the political speech of any corporation, partnership, business trust, association, or other business organization with respect to the making of contributions, expenditures, or other disbursements of funds in connection with public elections.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marcy Kaptur
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 01/25/2013
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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to limitations on the amounts of contributions and expenditures that may be made in connection with campaigns for election to public office. [HJR-12]
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Constitutional Amendment - Grants Congress the power to set limits on the amounts of contributions and expenditures with respect to candidates in a federal election. Grants states the power to set limits on the amounts of contributions and expenditures with respect to candidates in a state or local election.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Price
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 01/25/2013
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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States concerning the election of the Members of the House of Representatives. [HJR-114]
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Constitutional Amendment - Requires the House of Representatives to be composed of Members chosen every fourth year. Requires that Members be assembled immediately after the first election and divided as equally as may be into two classes. States that, so one-half may be chosen every second year, the seats of the House of: (1) the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year; and (2) the second class at the expiration of the fourth year. Applies this article to the first election of the House occurring after ratification, but
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Larson
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 06/09/2014
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People Before Party Act of 2013 [HB-936]
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People Before Party Act of 2013 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a state from providing a voter, in a federal election, with the opportunity to indicate the selection of a political party as a representation of the selection of an individual candidate. (Thus prohibits voting for a party instead of an individual or "straight-party voting.")
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Dent
Referred To The House Committee On House Administration. on 03/04/2013
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Campaign Sunlight Act of 2013 [HB-648]
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Campaign Sunlight Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to direct the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to establish and operate a website (Campaign Accountability Site) through which members of the public may view the contents of political advertisements. Requires the sponsor of a political advertisement to submit its contents to the FEC in a format the FEC may require. Requires the format to make the sources of such contents available on the website directly or through hyperlinks to the sources. Requires the sponsor to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The House Committee On House Administration. on 02/13/2013
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To repeal the provisions of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, which amended the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to establish separate contribution limits for contributions made to national parties to support Presidential nominating conventions, national party headquarters buildings, and recounts. [HB-5887]
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Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended by the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, to repeal certain limits on separate contributions by persons or multicandidate political committees to political committees of a national political party which are not the authorized political committees of any candidate. Specifies those contributions used to defray expenses for: a presidential nominating convention; the construction, purchase, renovation, operation, and furnishing of party headquarters buildings; and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derek Kilmer
Referred To The House Committee On House Administration. on 12/16/2014
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Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2014 [HB-5741]
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Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2014 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) to revise requirements for the audit capacity of voting systems, particularly those for a permanent paper record. Requires the voting system to require the use of an individual, durable, voter-verified paper ballot of the voter's vote that shall be marked and made available for inspection by the voter before the voter's vote is cast and counted, and which shall be counted by hand or read by an optical scanner or other counting device. Requires
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Research And Technology. on 12/11/2014
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To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for a limitation on the time for the use of contributions or donations, and for other purposes. [HB-5660]
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Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to allow the use of contributions or donations only for the six years following the most recent federal election for a six-year office (e.g. the Senate) in which an individual was a candidate for the office if that individual is not a candidate for that office during those ensuing six years. Requires contributions or donations remaining available to to such an individual after such six-year period ends to be disposed of within 30 days, as follows: (1) to pay any debts or obligations owed in connection
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Takano
Referred To The House Committee On House Administration. on 09/18/2014
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To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to clarify the treatment of coordinated expenditures as contributions to candidates, and for other purposes. [HB-5641]
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Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to treat as a campaign contribution any payment made by any person (other than a candidate, an authorized committee of a candidate, or a political committee of a political party) for a coordinated expenditure which is not otherwise treated as a contribution. Repeals the prohibition against contributions by minors. Sets forth rules governing payments for coordinated expenditures, including special rule for payments by coordinated spenders for covered communications. Defines "covered communication"
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Price
Referred To The House Committee On House Administration. on 09/18/2014