"Section 4. Congress and the States shall have power to implement and enforce this article by appropriate legislation."
Udall, a former federal prosecutor and New Mexico Attorney General, says that, "James Madison argued that the US Constitution should be amended only on 'great and extraordinary occasions,' Udall said. 'I believe we have reached one of those occasions. Our elections no longer focus on the best ideas, but the biggest bank accounts, and Americans' right to free speech should not be determined by their net worth. I am proud to be [advancing] this amendment to change the way we do business in Washington and get money out of a broken system that puts special interest over people.'"
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