S.Amdt. 4466

SA 4466. Mr. SANDERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 1383, to establish the Veterans Advisory
Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes; which was ordered to
lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. SENSE OF THE SENATE.

It is the sense of the Senate that Congress should adopt a
constitutional amendment outlawing Citizens United that
would--
(1) affirm that the right to vote in public elections
belongs only to natural persons as citizens of the United
States, and so shall the ability to make contributions and
expenditures to influence the outcome of public elections
belong only to natural persons;
(2) clarify that nothing in the Constitution shall be
construed to restrict the power of Congress and the States to
protect the integrity and fairness of the electoral process,
limit the corrupting influence of private wealth in public
elections, and guarantee the

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dependence of elected officials on the people alone by taking
actions which may include the establishment of systems of
public financing for elections, the imposition of
requirements to ensure the disclosure of contributions and
expenditures made to influence the outcome of a public
election by candidates, individuals, and associations of
individuals, and the imposition of content neutral
limitations on all such contributions and expenditures; and
(3) clarify that nothing in the amendment shall be
construed to alter the freedom of the press.
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