House joint resolution · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures with respect to elections.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 14, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 21, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 86.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SUTTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7578):Article V of the U.S. Constitution. ____________________Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 56 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 86, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hjres/86
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b4d686902efd6fe7bd2899c640c4c06acc480a37f5f1bd970776a79f09327225
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 86, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
15 cosponsors — 15 Democrats
0 of 15 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lois Capps (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), James Langevin (D-RI), Ben Luján (D-NM), Jim McDermott (D-WA), James McGovern (D-MA), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Chellie Pingree (D-ME).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Betty Sutton.
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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.