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this is interesting, i doubt that anyone can put togetehr the votes to do it because so many of these corporations are set up only to fund poltical campaigns Delaware State Legislature Calls on the First State’s Congressional Delegation to Overturn Citizens United Bipartisan Letter Signed by House and Senate Majorities
DOVER, DE– A majority of members in both of Delaware’s state legislative chambers have signed on to a letter seeking support and action by Delaware’s Congressional delegation for Congress to pass a Constitutional amendment reversing the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Delaware is now the 15th state to back a constitutional amendment to curb unlimited spending in elections and adding to the national momentum to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling.
In its Citizens United decision, the Supreme Court unleashed a flood of corporate money into our political system by ruling that, contrary to longstanding precedents, corporations have a First Amendment right to spend unlimited amounts of money to promote or defeat candidates. The decision overturned a century of campaign finance law and led to record spending by outside groups and super PACs in the 2012 elections.
Polls show that no matter which party they identify with, Americans simply want their voices heard and listened to by lawmakers. Eight in ten Americans say they oppose the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, and it’s only a matter of time before public opinion becomes visible and powerful enough that a majority of Congress is moved to follow it. http://www.commoncause.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=4773613 &ct=13171917
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