American Promise is a cross-partisan organization with a singular mission: solving the crisis of money in politics by ratifying the For Our Freedom Amendment. This amendment restores the authority of state and federal lawmakers to decide whether and how to regulate campaign spending — undoing a series of Supreme Court rulings that shredded our country’s anti-corruption laws, and putting voters back at the center of our elections.
In June 2026, U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett, a Republican from Michigan, introduced H.J. Res. 191, the Constitutional Campaign Finance Reform Amendment, a constitutional amendment that adopts, almost verbatim, the language of the For Our Freedom Amendment. The amendment is policy-agnostic, which we have always believed to be the most politically viable solution. In a few words, it would re-empower our state and federal lawmakers to set reasonable rules around money in politics and distinguish between humans and “artificial entities,” while protecting free speech.
American Promise supported the amendment’s introduction and we are redoubling our outreach on Capitol Hill, working to reach a congressional tipping point. This is a significant milestone — and evidence that our strategy is working. Rep. Barrett’s introduction is part of his Blueprint for a Better America, which includes a plank on “Making Government Serve the People, Not Special Interests.” The amendment we have been working toward fits squarely in that work.
Our proven, state-based strategy is accelerating and delivering results: In March, Idaho became the 25th state to pass a resolution calling on Congress to propose a constitutional amendment restoring the authority of Congress and the states to set election-spending rules. Just months prior, Oklahoma became the 24th state.
This legislative session, we expanded our campaigns to 14 states, up from 11 last year, including new states like Indiana, Idaho, Missouri, and Ohio. Momentum is already showing up in key chambers: Indiana’s resolution passed the Senate overwhelmingly by voice vote, and Arizona’s passed with a strong bipartisan 25–2 vote. The Idaho victory brings the total to 25 states – half the country – that have now officially called on Congress to act.
Below is our updated national map showing our wins and our momentum.
A new Ipsos survey conducted for American Promise in January 2026 shows Americans agree, by nearly 3-to-1, that voters and their elected representatives — not the Supreme Court — should decide campaign finance laws. The For Our Freedom Amendment achieves this. The poll also found that Americans overwhelmingly reject the idea that unlimited political spending should be treated as free speech protected by the First Amendment, with just 15% in agreement. Finally, concern about money in politics continues to be overwhelming and across party lines: 81% of Americans are concerned about the influence of money in politics, including 78% of Republicans, 90% of Democrats, and 82% of Independents. 77% say it poses a threat to elections.
Since mid-2025, we have built meaningful earned-media momentum that demonstrates both credibility and cross-partisan reach. CEO Jeff Clements completed six in-depth podcast interviews on our amendment solution, and SCOTUSblog — the nation’s leading independent Supreme Court news and analysis site — published analysis by Brian Boyle, our general counsel and chief program officer. Our audience growth spans platforms from Heather Cox Richardson’s “American Interviews” to Steve Bannon’s “War Room”. In parallel, our 2026 national poll on money in politics was picked up by Politico and OpenSecrets, among others. We accelerated our social strategy with platform-specific series, driving strong reach and engagement, including live coverage of the January Capitol Hill event. A sharper video focus, high-impact collaborations, and earned media generated millions of views and expanded AP’s reach. More boots-on-the-ground coverage is underway to document legislative season progress.
As we hit mid-year, American Promise continues to set a new pace for mobilization. Year to date, we are outpacing 2025 across every major mobilization measure: We have generated more new volunteer signups than in all of 2025, more than doubled volunteer orientations, increased volunteer shifts, expanded petition signer growth, and sent more than 1 million text messages. We also reached major new engagement milestones, including our largest-ever volunteer action on May 12 — a successful 250th anniversary letter to the editor writing campaign that resulted in the strongest quarter for published letters to the editor in American Promise history. Bottom line: Our mobilization program is reaching more people, deepening volunteer engagement, and building the grassroots power needed to advance the amendment solution in Congress and the states.
In a first for the organization, we filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court regarding NRSC v. FEC, a case expected to make headlines during oral arguments in December. The brief supports neither party in the lawsuit, and instead makes an originalist argument that equating money with free speech is a radical departure from founding-era philosophy — and the court should leave campaign finance to voters and their elected representatives. We don’t expect a single brief to undo decades of bad precedent, but it will strengthen the case for our proposed amendment, which rests on a strong, longstanding constitutional foundation.
