Bill
HD 248
Massachusetts seeks constitutional amendment or convention to limit campaign spending and overturn Citizens United's corporate political spending protections.
HD 248 calls for Massachusetts to petition Congress to propose a constitutional amendment limiting campaign financing and corporate political spending, while also calling for a limited constitutional convention under Article V to address the same issue. The resolution expresses the legislature's support for overturning Supreme Court decisions like Citizens United that have enabled unlimited campaign spending.
Campaign finance regulations directly affect how political candidates are funded and which voices have outsized influence in elections. This resolution attempts to reverse decades of Supreme Court rulings that treated campaign spending as protected speech, which proponents argue has increased wealthy donors' political power while others contend has enabled broader political participation.
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