H.J.RES.89: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures with respect to Federal elections.

This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment specifying that protected speech does not include any financial expenditures, or in kind equivalents, with respect to a candidate for federal office, regardless of whether a communication expressly advocates the election or defeat of a specified candidate in the election. The amendment gives Congress the power to enact a mandatory public financing system to provide funds to qualified...

(Source: Library of Congress)