Friday, January 21, 2011

Senator Max Baucus Introduces Constitutional Amendment to Reverse Citizens United | People For the American Way Blog

"While Republicans in Washington are celebrating the anniversary of Citizens United by threatening to scrap the public finance system for elections and allow corporations to donate directly to candidates, Senator Max Baucus of Montana is standing up with the vast majority of Americans who want to see Congress curb the enormous political clout of corporations and overturn Citizens United. Senator Baucus said he will reintroduce a Constitutional Amendment that would give elected officials the right to regulate corporate contributions to political organizations and reverse the Court’s sweeping ruling ..."
http://blog.pfaw.org/content/senator-max-baucus-introduces-constitutional-amendment-reverse-citizens-united

Montana, home of U.S. Senator Baucus, learned their lesson almost a century ago when the copper kings used their corporate power to drown out the people and buy elections. Today, they have some of the toughest campaign finance laws in the land, and they work.   This Constitutional Amendment, based on the campaign finance abuses of the last election cycle, is not too early to reintroduce in Congress.


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