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Committee advances resolution urging constitutional amendment to clarify regulation of campaign spending
Summary
The Senate Elections Committee recommended SR 5, a nonbinding resolution urging Congress and the states to pursue a constitutional amendment to return authority over campaign-spending limits to legislatures and states; the committee voted 8-0 to report the measure out of committee.
Chair Gaskell yielded the floor to Senator Holdman, who presented Senate Resolution 5, telling the committee the measure asks Congress to propose and the states to ratify a constitutional amendment to clarify that Congress and the states may reasonably regulate spending to influence campaigns and ballot measures. "We've lost control, because the supreme court decades ago said that this was, their purview," Senator Holdman said, arguing that the issue should instead rest with states and elected…
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