Sen Cruz: 'SNL' Threatened by Campaign Finance Amendment

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) took to the Senate floor with photos of Dana Carvey, Tina Fey and others from Saturday Night Live to take issue with the proposed Constitutional amendment that would give Congress the power to re-regulate campaign finances in the wake of the Supreme Court Citizens United decision.

Sen Cruz said that with all the issues the Senate could be dealing with, it was discussing an amendment that "would repeal the free speech provisions of the First Amendment." He said that was not hyperbole. He came prepared with a copy of the First Amendment with the words "freedom of speech" and "prohibiting the free exercise thereof" parts drawn with a red line. He said the amendment would give the government "a blanket license to abridge political speech and that citizen speech rights were being used for partisan warfare." He called it the most radical proposal being brought up in the time he has served and that if it were to pas s-- which is highly unlikely -- the effects would be breathtaking.