Support legislation to repeal Citizens United, limit spending in elections, and improve access to the ballot for candidates.

Marcy Kaptur knows we must reign in special interests and has supported legislation to repeal Citizens United, to limit spending in elections, and to improve access to the ballot for candidates.

Commitment to campaign finance reform measures.

Marcy’s Priorities - Marcy Kaptur
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Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] (Introduced 01/30/2019). The summary states the resolution would make the First Amendment inapplicable to corporate and other business-organizational political spending in elections and would grant Congress and the states power to set limits on contributions and expenditures.

Kaptur introduced a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United-style corporate political spending protections and authorize limits on election spending.

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H.J.Res.39 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States waiving the application of the first article of amendment to the political speech of corporations and other business organizations with respect to the disbursement of funds in connection with public elections and granting Congress and the States the power to establish limits on contributions and expenditures in elections for public office.
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Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] (Introduced 01/30/2019). The bill requires broadcasters to make free broadcast time available for political advertising, including at least two hours of free broadcast time to each qualified political candidate in a statewide or national election.

Kaptur introduced legislation to improve candidate access to the airwaves, which is a concrete ballot/competition access reform even though it did not become law.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.896 - Fairness in Political Advertising Act of 2019
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The bill text states it was designed "to expand Americans' access to the ballot box, reduce the influence of big money in politics, and strengthen ethics rules for public servants." It also includes divisions on voting and campaign finance.

H.R.1 directly matches two parts of the pledge: ballot access and limits on big money in politics.

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H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2019
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In the Congressional Record, Kaptur said she was reintroducing the Fairness in Political Advertising Act and that it would level the playing field for viable candidates by requiring television stations to make available free advertising time.

Official floor remarks show Kaptur actively advanced legislation aimed at helping candidates compete against big-money campaigns.

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Congressional Record - Fairness in Political Advertising Act
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Kaptur stated on the House floor that she was introducing a constitutional amendment in response to Citizens United and to allow Congress and the states to set ceilings on campaign spending.

This is direct evidence that Kaptur pursued a constitutional amendment approach to repeal Citizens United and permit spending limits.

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Congressional Record - Constitutional Amendment
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