WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today filed an Amicus Brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of several United States Senators and Congressmen in support of state campaign spending limits. The brief urges the Court to revisit the 1976 Buckley v. Valeo ruling that sanctioned todays system of unlimited campaign spending.In June of 2005, Reed was joined by several United States Senators in sending an Amicus Brief to the Supreme Court requesting that it take up the case, and in September of last year, the Court agreed to do so. The case is scheduled for oral argument on Tuesday, February 28, 2006.The Supreme Court will review a federal appeals court ruling on Randall v. Sorrell. The Second Circuit US Court of Appeals, based in Manhattan, ruled that mandatory campaign spending limits in Vermont may be permissible under the United States Constitution. Vermonts state legislature passed mandatory limits in 1997.U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) stated, Campaign finance reform is an important part of reinvigorating the publics faith and participation in the political process. Such reforms can be enacted without infringing upon First Amendment rights and without stifling the public debate essential to the functioning of our democracy.After losing in the Second Circuit, plaintiffs in Randall v. Sorrell petitioned for Supreme Court review. They argue that under Buckley v. Valeo, which equated money with speech, spending limits cannot be upheld under the First Amendment.The National Voting Rights Institute, which represents the responders, who are in favor of spending limits, has been at the forefront of efforts to revisit Buckley for more than a decade and also urged the Supreme Court to take this case. Respondents are arguing that the decision of the Second Circuit should be affirmed. Other Senators and Members of Congress signing the brief are Senators Tom Carper (D-DE), Mark Dayton (D-MN), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Tom Harkin (D-IA), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Carl Levin (D-MI) and Congressmen Charles Bass (R-NH), Michael Castle (R-DE), James Leach (R-IA), Tom Osborne (R-NE) and Todd Russell Platts (R-PA).