Senate joint resolution · 113th Congress · Did not become law
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 18, 2013
- Committee actionJul 10, 2014
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 11, 2014 — Cloture on the joint resolution not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 42. Record Vote Number: 261. (consideration: CR S5543-5544; text: CR S5543-5544)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S.J.Res. 19.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S.J. Res. 19, a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections” on July 18, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on July 10, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 18, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45550
- CBO publication date
- July 18, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- S.J.Res. 19, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/sjres/19
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
74f50e14c397d5ef9f584015fc4174ea0145e11d5c374fe2596e1946d57ba266
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 113-223 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 17, 2014.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 17, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/SRPT/223
- Congress.gov bill record
- S.J.Res. 19, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/sjres/19
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
74f50e14c397d5ef9f584015fc4174ea0145e11d5c374fe2596e1946d57ba266
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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
48 cosponsors — 45 Democrats, 3 independents
0 of 48 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Mark Begich (D-AK), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Bob Casey (D-PA), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Al Franken (D-MN), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Kay Hagan (D-NC), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Angus King (I-ME), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Carl Levin (D-MI), Joseph Manchin (I-WV), Edward Markey (D-MA), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and 18 more.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.