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Tuesday, October 11 · 9:30am - 12:30pm -
202-225-4236 Office of Congressman Lamar Smith, Chair of the House Judiciary Committee and Subcommittee on Constitution
Our goal is to keep Rep. Smith's phones ringing all day from 9:30 a.m. EST to 12:30 p.m. PST. One call per person, please.

1. APPROVE HJ.Res.78
the resolution to overturn Citizens United

Reps. Edwards and Conyers Reintroduce Constitutional Amendment to Address Flawed Citizens United Ruling


Congresswoman Donna F. Edwards and Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (D-MI) reintroduced an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, H. J. Res 78, that would reverse the Supreme Court’s unprecedented application of the First Amendment to corporations allowing them to spend unlimited money to influence elections. The amendment will give specific authority to Congress and the states to regulate corporate expenditures on political activity.

“Justice John Paul Stevens warned that the Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizen’s United threatened ‘to undermine the integrity of elected institutions around the nation’ and how right he was,” said Congresswoman Edwards. “Since that flawed ruling was issued, campaign spending by outside groups including corporations surged more than four-fold to reach nearly $300 million in the 2010 election cycle. I am proud to join with Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Conyers to reintroduce this constitutional amendment, which is the only way to once and for all put the American people, and not corporations, in charge of our treasured democracy.”

“Last year, the Supreme Court overturned decades of law and declared open season on our democracy,” Conyers said. “It is individual voters who should determine the future of this nation, not corporate money. I commend Rep. Edwards for her work in developing this narrowly crafted constitutional amendment that will undo the effects of this radical decision and I look forward to working with her to restore balance to our electoral process.”
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