Prince George's County Council - Reference No. CR-007-2012

• Reference No.: CR-007-2012
• Draft No.: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• Meeting Body: County Council
• Meeting Date: 2/21/2012
• Introduced Date: 2/21/2012
• Title: A Resolution for the purpose of expressing the Council’s support of the letter from the Members of the Maryland General Assembly to the United States Congress to pass and send to the states for ratification a constitutional amendment to reverse Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and restore constitutional rights and fair elections to the people.
• Proposers/Sponsors: Mary A. Lehman, Mel Franklin, Eric C. Olson, Derrick Leon Davis, Obie Patterson, Karen R. Toles
• Code sections: None - None
• Contact: Colette R. Gresham Legislative Officer

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/21/2012	1	County Council	adopted	Pass
2/21/2012	1	County Council	FAVORABLE	Pass
2/21/2012	1	County Council	referred	Pass
2/21/2012		County Council	introduced

Title A Resolution for the purpose of expressing the Council’s support of the letter from the Members of the Maryland General Assembly to the United States Congress to pass and send to the states for ratification a constitutional amendment to reverse Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and restore constitutional rights and fair elections to the people. Background In a 5-to-4- ruling, the Supreme Court in Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission lifted certain restrictions on corporate independent expenditures. The decision invalidated two provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) whereby it struck down the long-standing prohibition on corporations using their general treasury funds to make independent expenditures and prohibiting corporations from using their general treasury funds for electioneering communications. The proposed legislation expresses the Council’s support of the letter from the Members of the Maryland General Assembly to the United States Congress to propose and send to the states for ratification a constitutional amendment to reverse Citizens United and restore fair elections and democratic sovereignty to the states and the people.