Nancy Pelosi will introduce the House’s version of the legislation. House Dems to unveil campaign finance amendment

House Democrats will introduce a constitutional amendment on Tuesday that seeks to overturn two controversial Supreme Court decisions that loosened campaign finance laws.

Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will introduce the House’s version of legislation that would overturn decisions like Citizens United v. FEC and McCutcheon v. FEC — court cases that helped create modern-day super PACs and stripped rules limiting aggregate limits on donations.


The amendment would give Congress and the states the power to regulate campaign financing, fundraising and spending, including money spent by independent expenditures.

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The legislation has virtually no chance of passing in the Republican-controlled House.

Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) introduced the Senate version of the amendment, which was passed out of the Judiciary Committee last week. The bill is slated to receive a Senate vote later this year.

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Pelosi will be joined by Democratic Reps. John Larson of Connecticut, chairman of the task force on election reform; Ted Deutch of Florida; Donna Edwards of Maryland; and Jim McGovern of Massachusetts.