Under the proposed amendment to the Constitution, Congress would have the power to create a system for public funding of electoral campaigns, and no funding of campaigns outside that system could take place, and Election Day would become a holiday whenever federal elections take place.

Just before Thanksgiving in the House of Representatives, Rep. Ted Deutsch of Florida introduced H.J.Res. 90, and a few days later Bernie Sanders followed suit with a Senate counterpart, S.J.Res. 33. The two bills, which contain identical text, are a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The amendment reads: Section 1. The rights protected by [...]

This morning, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the Fair Elections Now Act, legislation that would establish a public-funding system for congressional elections to counterbalance the corrupting influence of the Citizens United Supreme Court decision.

According to Federal Election Commission regulations, during the last 19 days before an election, independent expenditures to influence congressional elections must be reported to the FEC within 24 hours. This is true for any person or group shelling out more than $1000 for independent expenditures in an election cycle, a condition met by virtually all [...]

Notable House and Senate Hearings for the week of March 8-12, 2010: War on Drugs Thursday, March 11 at 10:00 AM, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing to mark up long-delayed legislation rectifying the discrepancy in sentencing for crack cocaine vs. powder cocaine possession. Elections Wednesday, March 10 at 10:00 AM, the Senate [...]

Gene Green, Democrat from Texas, proposed a constitutional amendment to abolish the Electoral College on January 7th, but it hasn’t advanced through the legislative process at all since February.

If Blaine Luetkemeyer is truly concerned with democracy, there’s a lot of work that he ought to get involved in right here at home, rather than offering cryptic assessments of the outcome of Mongolian elections before they take place.

It is not within the power of Congress to establish governmental discrimination against non-English speakers. The Fourteenth Amendment protects the right of all American citizens, regardless of linguistic group, to be treated equally by federal election law.

Why shouldn’t residents of territories claimed by the United States have the ability to participate in presidential elections?