House joint resolution · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate contributions and expenditures in political campaigns and to enact public financing systems for such campaigns.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 18, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 28, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 111.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHIFF, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3733):Article V of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 44 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 111, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hjres/111
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
17 cosponsors — 17 Democrats
0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Michael Capuano (D-MA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), James Himes (D-CT), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), William Keating (D-MA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Michael Michaud (D-ME), James Moran (D-VA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Pete Stark (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.