Hi, I'm Denise. And this is your civic minute. Did you know that half the states in the country
have passed resolutions asking Congress to propose a constitutional amendment on election spending?
Idaho became the 25th state in March. The list runs from Massachusetts to Montana, Oklahoma to
California, red states and blue states, all asking the same thing. Let Congress set reasonable rules
on how money flows through elections. That authority was stripped away by a series of supreme court
decisions, most famously, citizens united in 2010, which ruled that spending money, even for
corporations, is protected speech. Since then, election spending has exploded. Wisconsin's 2025
Supreme Court race cost $90 million. The most expensive, judicial election in American history.
Amending the Constitution is hard, but 25 states have already asked Congress to act. When you vote
for Congress this fall, it's worth knowing where your candidates stand. That's your civic minute.
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