H.J.Res. 119 · 119th Congress · Government operations and politics
Campaign-finance & Public-financing Amendment (McGovern)
In committee since the day it was introduced
Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary
- IntroducedSep 10, 2025
- CommitteeSep 10, 2025
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To the states
On the record
- Cosponsors
- None
- Reform
- Citizens United
- Lobbying
- None read
- No filing read so far names H.J.Res. 119
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to set limits on Federal campaign contributions and spending, prohibit corporate spending in the political process, require Congress to develop a system of public campaign financing for all Federal candidates who qualify for the ballot, and allow the States to set reasonable limits on campaign contributions and spending in State and local elections, and for other purposes.
The Congressional Research Service has not published a summary of this bill.
Each stop is a step the bill’s own record states, with the date it happened. A ring is a step not yet taken. A constitutional amendment does not go to the President: once both chambers pass it by two thirds, it goes to the states.
No organization named this measure in a lobbying filing we could read with confidence. That is not a finding that nobody lobbied it. The disclosure form takes a free text description of the issue, and a reference that could not be pinned to exactly one measure is refused rather than guessed.
From the LD-2 quarterly lobbying filings published at lda.gov by the Senate Office of Public Records. Read for 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. Our copy holds 24 fewer filings for 2025 Q1, 39 fewer filings for 2025 Q2, 42 fewer filings for 2025 Q3, 33 fewer filings for 2025 Q4, 28 fewer filings for 2026 Q1, 48 fewer filings for 2026 Q2 and 218 fewer filings for 2026 Q3 than the Senate's register counts, so those quarters are the filings we could read rather than every one filed. 2026 Q4 is still inside its filing window, so that quarter is only the filings posted so far.
Congress.gov bill status and cosponsor records; the House Clerk and Senate roll calls; lobbying reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act (lda.gov).