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Version 37 · Failed of passage in Senate · Mar 26, 2001
Constitutional Amendment - Grants authority to: (1) Congress to set reasonable limits on contributions and expenditures made by, in support of, or in opposition to, a candidate for nomination or election to Federal office; as well as (2) a State to set similar reasonable limits with regard to nomination or election to State or local office.
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Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] · D–SC
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Failed of passage in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 40 - 56. Record Vote Number: 47. (text: CR S2853)
Senate roll call 47 · Individual votesFailed of passage/not agreed to in Senate: Failed of passage in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 40 - 56. Record Vote Number: 47.(text: CR S2853)
Senate roll call 47 · Individual votesMeasure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S2853-2882)
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
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