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A proposed amendment to the US Constitution relating to campaign finance

• Uhhrrr 12y ago
  This is a good idea, but how does it affect the Hearsts and Murdochs of the world? It looks like it wouldn't. Maybe it shouldn't! I think there will be many fun discussions around this.
  • venomsnake 12y ago
    Lets deal with the Koch-s first. If the internet remains free (a whole other fight), the media moguls influence will diminish. But its a snowball's chance in hell this will pass.
• rrrx3 12y ago
  Unfortunately it won't go anywhere because it doesn't have bipartisan support. Not a single R cosponsor. If it somehow passed the Senate, it would die in the House. What a waste.
• higherpurpose 12y ago
  Congress shall have power? That doesn't sound right to me. I thought the US Constitution was based on stuff the government is not allowed to do, not on stuff it's allowed to do. I don't know but I have a bad feeling about the way this amendment is written. I think it could be abused by the government in ways we're not expecting right now.
  • Arnor 12y ago
    The phrase "Congress shall have power" occurs 3 times in the original constitution and another eight times in the various amendments. I agree that congress is probably not the best body for setting campaign finance regulations, but I don't think there's anything in this particular amendment that's out of line with the rest of the constitution.
• gremlinsinc 12y ago
  If only our forefathers would've had the sense to put a no donation / fundraising clause for elections... instead the gov't would give a lump sum--equal to each candidate, and that is the ONLY money they could use for their campaign and they would have to make it stretch the best---we'd have some tight leaders who can actually budget sensibly if that ever happened.