House
Concurrent
Resolution
108
-
Introduced
HOUSE
CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
NO.
108
BY
ISENHART
,
JACOBY
,
STECKMAN
,
HUNTER
,
KEARNS
,
M.
SMITH
,
THOMAS
,
KRESSIG
,
ABDUL-SAMAD
,
HANSON
,
OURTH
,
WOOD
,
HEDDENS
,
COHOON
,
STAED
,
FORBES
,
KELLEY
,
RIDING
,
WINCKLER
,
GASKILL
,
STUTSMAN
,
BEARINGER
,
HALL
,
LENSING
,
OLDSON
,
R.
OLSON
,
T.
OLSON
,
WOLFE
,
H.
MILLER
,
THEDE
,
PRICHARD
,
MASCHER
,
ANDERSON
,
DAWSON
,
MEYER
,
GAINES
,
RUFF
,
BERRY
,
MURPHY
,
MUHLBAUER
,
T.
TAYLOR
,
WESSEL-KROESCHELL
,
DUNKEL
,
LYKAM
,
and
RUNNING-MARQUARDT
A
Concurrent
Resolution
urging
the
Congress
of
the
1
United
States
to
propose
an
amendment
to
the
2
Constitution
of
the
United
States
to
allow
Congress
3
and
the
states
to
prohibit
or
otherwise
regulate
4
the
expenditure
of
funds
for
political
speech
5
by
corporate
entities,
and
to
limit
or
otherwise
6
regulate
political
contributions
and
spending.
7
WHEREAS,
by
a
ruling
of
the
United
States
Supreme
8
Court,
a
corporation,
limited
liability
company,
or
9
other
type
of
corporate
entity
is
now
accorded
greater
10
rights
of
political
activity
than
was
previously
11
lawful;
and
12
WHEREAS,
those
rights
now
allow
a
corporation,
13
a
limited
liability
company,
or
other
type
of
14
corporate
entity
to
use
general
treasury
funds
to
15
make
independent
expenditures
for
electioneering
16
communications
or
for
speech
that
expressly
advocates
17
the
election
or
defeat
of
a
candidate
for
public
18
office;
and
19
WHEREAS,
this
ruling
overturns
a
century
of
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legislative
and
judicial
determinations
making
a
1
distinction
between
the
political
free
speech
of
2
natural
persons
and
political
activity
by
corporate
3
entities;
and
4
WHEREAS,
a
corporate
entity
has
far
greater
economic
5
resources
than
does
a
natural
person
and
may
use
those
6
resources
to
advance
political
ideas;
and
7
WHEREAS,
by
a
second
ruling
of
the
United
States
8
Supreme
Court,
statutory
limits
on
overall
campaign
9
contributions
by
large
individual
donors
to
candidates,
10
political
parties,
and
political
action
committees
have
11
been
struck
down;
and
12
WHEREAS,
these
contribution
limits,
now
in
place
for
13
decades,
are
essential
to
ensure
that
small
numbers
14
of
large
donors
do
not
have
a
disparate
impact
on
the
15
election
process;
and
16
WHEREAS,
restriction
and
regulation
of
corporate
17
political
activity,
and
unlimited
contributions,
18
is
essential
to
prevent
domination
of
the
political
19
process
by
corporate
entities,
and
by
small
numbers
of
20
wealthy
individuals;
NOW
THEREFORE,
21
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES,
22
THE
SENATE
CONCURRING,
That
the
General
Assembly
of
23
the
State
of
Iowa
urges
the
Congress
of
the
United
24
States
to
propose
an
amendment
to
the
Constitution
of
25
the
United
States,
for
submission
to
the
states
for
26
ratification,
providing
in
substance
that
the
sovereign
27
right
of
the
people
to
govern
being
essential
to
a
28
free
democracy,
Congress
and
the
states
may
prohibit
29
or
otherwise
regulate
the
expenditure
of
funds
for
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political
speech
by
any
corporation,
limited
liability
1
company,
or
other
corporate
entity,
and
may
limit
2
or
otherwise
regulate
political
contributions
and
3
spending;
and
4
BE
IT
FURTHER
RESOLVED,
That
the
Secretary
of
State
5
shall
transmit
certified
copies
of
this
resolution
6
to
the
President
and
Secretary
of
the
United
States
7
Senate,
the
Speaker
and
Clerk
of
the
United
States
8
House
of
Representatives,
the
presiding
officer
in
9
each
house
of
the
legislature
in
each
of
the
states
in
10
the
union,
and
each
member
of
the
Iowa
congressional
11
delegation.
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